Venus Williams will continue her professional tennis comeback at the US Open. The seven-time singles grand slam champion received a wild-card entry for the mixed doubles event alongside fellow American Reilly Opelka, the U.S. Tennis Association association announced Tuesday.

Venus Williams, who made a comeback last week after more than a year's hiatus from competitive tennis, will compete alongside Reilly Opelka in mixed doubles at the US Open.Williams won her opening singles and doubles match at the DC Open last week in her first WTA tournament since last year's Miami Open.

Venus Williams is continuing her comeback to prominence on the WTA Tour as she will compete in doubles in the U.S. Open.