Venus Williams returned to tour-level tennis on Tuesday, defeating Peyton Stearns 6-3, 6-4 at the DC Open and winning her first match in nearly two years.

Williams became the second-oldest woman to win a tour-level singles match in professional tennis, trailing only Martina Navratilova, who was 47 in her last match in 2004.

Venus Williams won her first singles match in nearly two years at the DC Open, becoming the oldest woman to win a WTA tour match since Martina Navratilova in 2004.