“I'm Having To Relearn How To Do Things Again.” What We Can ALL Learn From Venus Williams’ Loss and Record Setting Match
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🗓️ 19 January 2026
⏱️ 17 minutes
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At the age of 45, seven time grand slam winner Venus Williams broke the Australian Open record as the oldest-ever women’s player in the tournament’s history. Williams first competed in the Australian Open when she was 17, three years before her opponent, 24-year-old Olga Danilovic was born. Even though Williams ultimately lost the match, she walked off the court to a standing ovation with a big smile and wave, saying she was really proud of her effort because she’s playing better with each match. What inspiration for us all to get back out there, and do what we love, no matter our age.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:06.1 | Hey there, folks. It is Monday, January 19th, and we have been trying to find the nicest way possible to say this about Venus Williams. |
| 0:17.5 | She just set a record for being the oldest person ever to do something. |
| 0:39.6 | And with that, welcome to this episode of Amy and T.J. Robs, it's a compliment. She set a record. This is an achievement. That's awesome. But it seems weird to be talking about a woman and say, hey, congrats. You're the oldest to ever do it. Yeah. You know what? I hadn't thought about it like that, but that is maybe not what |
| 0:38.9 | you would think some women would want to be championed for. But honestly, I saw this headline that, |
| 0:46.5 | yes, she set a record by being the oldest woman to ever play in the Australian Open. And coupled with |
| 0:53.1 | the fact that she lost in the first round, |
| 0:56.0 | you might think, well, wow, that is not what a female athlete would want to see written about |
| 1:02.7 | her. But the point is, this is a positive story because it shows a woman who is saying, |
| 1:08.1 | you know what, I'm not done. And I'm going to keep going and doing what I love. |
| 1:12.9 | And even though she lost, the way she lost, what she said afterwards, the way she carried |
| 1:21.9 | herself on that court and off the court, it inspired the heck out of me today. In a day and in the last few weeks, |
| 1:29.8 | we need some people who do good, who are good, who behave well. She is someone to look towards. |
| 1:38.4 | She's just a DEI hire anyway. But look, everything that's positive, I become jaded that somebody's going to turn into something negative. |
| 1:47.6 | This is a wonderful story. |
| 1:49.3 | And we just did something recently about Helen Muran and more and more just women embracing, yes, the age they are, but how they look as they age. |
| 1:58.5 | This isn't that necessarily, but it is an age-related story |
| 2:02.4 | having to do with a woman who was going out there competing against children who weren't even |
| 2:07.7 | born when she became a pro. And so for her robes to do that, I look at LeBron James. I look at |
| 2:15.1 | Tom Brady. These guys were 40-something at the top of their game. |
| 2:18.9 | If a woman can do it too, this is why this is an important story. And I applaud Venus Williams for what she, the lost. |
| 2:25.6 | Who cares? Exactly. She's been getting fine-tuned. She is getting better, actually, in the past six months or so. |
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