{"id":12182,"date":"2017-07-15T00:29:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-15T00:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/2017\/07\/15\/in-wimbledon-finals-venus-williams-and-roger-federer-could-set-age-records\/"},"modified":"2017-07-15T00:29:00","modified_gmt":"2017-07-15T00:29:00","slug":"in-wimbledon-finals-venus-williams-and-roger-federer-could-set-age-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/in-wimbledon-finals-venus-williams-and-roger-federer-could-set-age-records\/","title":{"rendered":"In Wimbledon Finals, Venus Williams And Roger Federer Could Set Age Records"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n Venus Williams and Spain’s Garbine Muguruza each compete in the 2017 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Lawn Tennis Club in Wimbledon, southwest London. Williams will face Muguruza in the women’s singles final on Saturday.<\/p>\n

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Venus Williams is facing off with Garbine Muguruza of Spain in the Wimbledon Final on Saturday.<\/p>\n

If Williams, 37, takes home the championship, she’ll become the oldest woman to win a Grand Slam title in the Open era \u2014 surpassing her sister Serena Williams for the honor.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, on the men’s side, Roger Federer will meet Marin Cilic of Croatia. If Federer, 35, wins, he’ll be the oldest Wimbledon champ (though not the oldest Grand Slam champ) of the era.<\/p>\n

The Williams sisters and Federer, along with Rafael Nadal, have changed the face of tennis in a way that is “almost unheard of,” as FiveThirtyEight reported in January<\/a>. Instead of fading away, they’re remaining dominant as the years tick by \u2014 raising the overall age of tennis champions as they go.<\/p>\n

Venus Williams’ impressive performance comes after a battle with an auto-immune disease. And, as Reuters notes, she’s heading into the final “an almost unthinkable 17 years after her first” Wimbledon title.<\/p>\n