It's love, set and match: Tennis icon Venus Williams weds actor, model partner in Florida

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Tennis fable Venus Williams wed Danish exemplary and histrion Andrea Preti implicit the play successful Florida, the caller bride announced successful a shared post.

An Instagram station from Vogue Magazine’s Weddings conception announced the nuptials, with the connection garnering much than 30,000 likes arsenic of Tuesday afternoon.

“We each emotion each different truthful much,” Williams, 45, said successful the Vogue post. “It was conscionable the happiest, astir beautiful, sweetest day.”

The station was scant connected details different than the lawsuit took spot implicit 5 days successful and astir the couple’s location successful Palm Beach Gardens.

An email for remark to representatives for Williams and Preti, 37, was not instantly returned.

The mates met astatine 2024 Milan Fashion Week and began texting soon after, according to Vogue.

The mates yet became engaged connected Jan. 31 successful Tuscany, according to Vogue. That item was confirmed successful July during what was a historical period for Williams.

The Compton autochthonal defeated 23-year-old Peyton Sterns 6-3, 6-4 successful the archetypal circular enactment of the D.C. Open aft a 16-month hiatus from singles matches.

In victory, Williams became the second-oldest pistillate to triumph a tour-level singles match, trailing lone chap fable Martina Navratilova, who was 47 erstwhile she won successful 2004.

“Yes, my fiance is here, and helium truly encouraged maine to support playing,” Williams told the Tennis Channel’s Rennae Stubbs successful a post-match interview. “There were truthful galore times wherever I conscionable wanted to seashore and benignant of chill. ... He encouraged maine to get done this, and it’s fantastic [for him] to beryllium here. He’s ne'er seen maine play.”

Preti has written, acted and directed successful a fistful of films, chiefly successful Italy.

The wedding was the 2nd for the couple, who besides held a ceremonial successful Italy successful September.

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