Top-seeded Taylor Fritz has gotten his North American hard-court season off to a strong start by hitting 11 aces and saving the only break point he faced in a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Aleksandar Vukic at the DC Open.

Venus Williams announced this month that she'd compete in the DC Open. The 45-year-old tennis star hasn't competed in a tournament in over a year. Williams kicked off her run at the DC Open with an impressive doubles victory.

Venus Williams rolled back the years to produce a brilliant display as she eliminated fellow American Peyton Stearns 6-3, 6-4 to reach the round of 16 of the DC Open.

Playing against No. 2 seeds Taylor Townsend and Zhang Shuai, the American duo made it a tight contest but ultimately fell just short 4-6 6-3 6-10 to the second-seeded pair. In the first set, Williams and Baptiste recovered from an early break down - but lost their serve again - and that turned out to be costly in the opener.

Williams, who became the oldest woman to win a WTA match since Martina Navratilova in 2004, partnered Baptiste to kick off the tournament with a strong win over fellow wild cards Eugenie Bouchard and Clervie Ngounoue, having first met when Baptiste, a DMV native, was just getting into tennis as a young child.

As Venus Williams made her case on court, Martina Navratilova followed along from a Miami restaurant -- and couldn’t believe what she was seeing.

The 14-time major winner won her first match back from injury on Monday at the DC Open, teaming up with doubles partner Hailey Baptiste