Madrid, April 22 -- Former world number one Venus Williams lost her 10th singles match ina row as she was beaten 6-2 6-4 by Kaitlin Quevedo at the Madrid Open.
Williams, 45, is the first former number one to lose 10 matches in a row since the rankings were first published in 1975.
The veteran last won a match last July when beating fellow American Peyton Stearns at the Washington Open.
Williams won Wimbledon five times between 2000 and 2008 and also won the US Open twice. She holds the record for most appearances at a Grand Slam, with this year's Australian Open her 95th tournament, according to BBC sport.
Her younger sister Serena, 44, has not played since the 2022 US Open but has not officially retired.
The 23-time Grand Slam singles...