• FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2017, file photo, Venus, left, and Serena Williams pose ahead of the women's singles final at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia. While the Miami Open is giving up its picturesque island setting for suburban sprawl, the tennis tournament's new home will include a 13,800-seat showcase court in the Miami Dolphins' stadium and 29 permanent outer courts, with the largest seating 5,042 spectators. Venus and Serena Williams have small ownership stakes in the Dolphins. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File) Photo: Aaron Favila, Associated Press
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FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2017, file photo, Venus, left, and Serena Williams pose ahead of the women's singles final at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia. While the Miami Open is giving up its picturesque island setting for suburban sprawl, the tennis tournament's new home will include a 13,800-seat showcase court in the Miami Dolphins' stadium and 29 permanent outer courts, with the largest seating 5,042 spectators. Venus and Serena Williams have small ownership stakes in the Dolphins. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File) less
FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2017, file photo, Venus, left, and Serena Williams pose ahead of the women's singles final at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia. While the Miami Open is ... more
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In this Dec. 23, 2017 photo, Ichiro Suzuki, center, attends the closing ceremony of the Ichiro Cup youth baseball tournament in his hometown of Toyoyama, Aichi prefecture, western Japan. Suzuki, who became a free agent in November when the Miami Marlins declined their option to sign him for the 2018 season, still hasn’t given up hope of remaining in Major League Baseball. Suzuki was quoted by Kyodo news agency on Saturday, Dec. 23, as saying: “I feel like a big dog at a pet shop that hasn't been sold. Of course, I want to play baseball next year.” (Kazushi Kurihara/Kyodo News via AP) less
In this Dec. 23, 2017 photo, Ichiro Suzuki, center, attends the closing ceremony of the Ichiro Cup youth baseball tournament in his hometown of Toyoyama, Aichi prefecture, western Japan. Suzuki, who became a ... more
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Serena Williams

The tennis player and new mother is returning to competition with an exhibition match Saturday in Abu Dhabi against French Open champ Jelena Ostapenko. Williams has not competed since winning the Australian Open in January while she was pregnant. “I am delighted to be returning to the court in Abu Dhabi for the first time since the birth of my daughter in September,” said Williams, 36, who gave birth to Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr. on Sept. 1. She married Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian in November.

Ichiro Suzuki

The free agent whose option was declined by the Miami Marlins in November hasn’t given up hope of remaining in Major League Baseball. Suzuki, 44, who has said he wants to play until he’s 50, was quoted by the Kyodo news agency as saying: “I feel like a big dog at a pet shop that hasn’t been sold. Of course, I want to play baseball next year.” Suzuki, who has 3,080 hits in MLB, was in his hometown of Toyoyama to attend the closing ceremony of the Ichiro Cup youth baseball tournament.

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