Venus Williams enjoyed a winning return to competition in Washington last week. The former world No. 1 had not played a tournament in 16 months when she turned up to the WTA 500 event, taking a wildcard into the singles and doubles draws. She teamed up with Hailey Baptiste to win her opening doubles match.

Venus Williams just came back from a 16-month break from professional tennis. But she didn’t return because she missed playing — rather, she missed her health insurance. “I had to come back for the insurance,” Williams, 45, said this week after beating Peyton Stearns — 22 years her junior — at the Mubadala Citi DC Open in Washington, D.C.