Venus Williams, I return to the field with a new love, Andrea Preti: “My boyfriend is here and encouraged me”

Venus Williams is back. After sixteen months away from the fields, the seven times Slam champion, Serena’s sister, He set foot on the concrete by winning against Peyton Stearns at WTA 500 in Washington. And, at the end of the meeting, the tennis player has Confirmed for the first time to have a relationship with the Italian actor and model Andrea Pretiwhich was present in the stands.

“My boyfriend is here and he really encouraged me to continue playing»Said the champion, responding to Rennae Stubbs in the post-Match interview. «There were many moments when I just wanted to take it comfortable and relax a little. Do you know how difficult it is to play tennis? You guys don’t know how much work there is behind, as if it were from 9 to 5, except for the fact that you are running all the time. Lift weights and almost die, and then repeat the next day. So he encouraged me to go on, and it’s wonderful to be here. He had never seen me play».

The first time Venus Williams and Andrea Preti were seen together dates back to July 27, 2024, during a boat trip to Neranoon the Amalfi Coast. In February 2025, a diamond ring appeared in the tennis’s ring finger after a workout in Rome fueled the items of a possible engagement. But to date, No official confirmation had arrived by the interested parties.

Venus Williams herself in the past had often declared that she did not hear the urgency of a boyfriend. “I have many friends who don’t believe me when I say that I like my life and that I don’t want to change it For no reason. I’m not desperate and they don’t believe me, “he had told Cosmopolitan in 2021. A year later, interviewed by Glamor Ukhe explained: “I have been single for a long time and I think it is really easy to remain stuck And sometimes, at least for me, it is difficult to get out of it. It makes you reflect on yourself, on what you want and how to behave ».

However, the tennis player had hinted that he was ready to change his mind, if the right person had arrived: “You cannot cling to a relationship or the condition of single. When life changes, you have to do it too».

Who is Andrea Preti

Born in 1988, Andrea Preti was born in Copenhagen to Italian parents and raised in Pavia with his mother. He began to work very young as a waiter and model, but he has always had acting in mind. After an advertising spot in 2012 and a first role in fiction Fury, debuted for the direction in 2014 with the film One More Dayin which he reads next to Stefania Sandrelli. Later he took part in films like Of all colors, detective by chance And An enemy who loves you. On television it appeared in the series A professornext to Alessandro Gassmann.

Many will also remember his participations a The Island of the Famous in 2016 and more recently a The mole, in 2024.

On the sentimental front, her name has been combined with several women from the world of entertainment and sport, including Eleonora Berlusconi, Rossella Flemish, Fiammetta Cicogna, Flavia Pennetta and Susanna Giovanardi. The best known relationship remains the one with Claudia Gerini, which ended in 2018.

In recent months, Andrea Preti has been seen together with Venus Williams on several occasions, including the Dsquared2 parade during the Milan Fashion Week. No official declaration, but the photo of Venus in the field, which he posted by accompanying her to the word “Why not?”, It already says it long.