{
  "id": 16853993,
  "title": "Venus Williams suffers 16th straight defeat after losing to teenager",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/venus-williams-suffers-16th-straight-defeat-after-losing-to-teenager",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-28T04:39:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
    "slug": "gulf-news",
    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/sport/venus-williams-suffers-16th-straight-defeat-after-losing-to-teenager-1.500726387"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Dubai: Former world number one Venus Williams suffered her 16th consecutive singles defeat after losing to an opponent 28 years her junior at the Guangzhou Open. The 46-year-old American, a seven-time Grand Slam singles champion, was beaten 6-2, 6-2 by Austria’s 18-year-old Lilli Tagger on Tuesday. The age difference between the pair is the largest in a WTA match this decade and ranks among the…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}