Venus Williams has signed up to play World TeamTennis for the 15th time, the league announced Thursday.She will be a member of the Washington Kastles, one of nine teams that will gather at a resort in West Virginia for a three-week season starting July 12.
Matches normally are played at various sites around the country, but WTT decided to bring everyone to one location because of the coronavirus pandemic.Williams, who turned 40 last week, announced in 2011 that she had been diagnosed with Sjogren’s syndrome, a condition that can cause exhaustion and joint pain.