Five-time champion Venus Williams returned to Wimbledon a quarter of a century after her first win on the All England Club lawns but was unable to summon the old magic in a painful first-round defeat by Ukraine's Elina Svitolina on Monday.
The 43-year-old American, contesting the Wimbledon singles for a record 24th time, still retains the easy power that once made her the queen of Centre Court but succumbed 6-4 6-3 after a nasty early fall hindered her movement.
"I'm not sure what I've done. I'm going to have to investigate it tomorrow. It's late today. But it was quite painful," she said. The crowd offered plenty of vocal encouragement, one fan shouting "You've still got it Venus" as she fought to extend the 355th Grand Slam singles match of her career -- a total surpassed only by her sister Serena .
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