Even at age 45, Venus Williams displayed some big serves and powerful groundstrokes at the U.S. Open on Monday night.

Venus Williams will be the first 45-year-old to compete at the US Open since 1981 when she faces Karolina Muchova on Monday.

It's a given that much of the coverage and attention devoted to Venus Williams' return to the U.S. Open, where play begins Sunday, has focused — and will focus — on how old she is. The American is, after all,