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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Martina Navratilova had a queasy feeling when she read that Venus Williams had accepted a main-draw singles wild card into the Mubadala Citi DC Open. “I was thinking, ‘Oh, this isn’t going to end well,’” the 18-time Grand Slam champion said Wednesday from her Miami home. “And how wrong was I? How wrong was I?” As it …

WASHINGTON (AP) — Venus Williams wanted to send a message — to herself and to others — about coming back from a long layoff, about competing in a sport at age 45, about never giving up. Yes, there was something special about just being back on a tennis court Tuesday night. There also was this: She really, really wanted to …