# Tennis: Former world number one Venus Williams still hopes to receive a wild card for the French Open, despite being eliminated in the first round of the Madrid Open in Spain. The 45-year-old has struggled to advance beyond the starting line recently. But she isn’t contemplating retirement at this stage. The men’s draw starts today. World number one Jannik Sinner of Italy is the all-out favourite to win his fifth consecutive Masters One-thousand tournament in the absence of local hero and world number two, Carlos Alcaraz.
Tennis: Venus isn’t contemplating retirement despite another first-round exit