Venus Williams is officially off the market. The 45-year-old tennis legend confirmed her engagement to Italian actor Andrea Preti ( Temptation and My Beloved Enemy) during a post-match interview Tuesday night (July 22) after securing a historic victory at the DC Open.

Speculation about the couple’s status has been ongoing since they stepped out in Rome together earlier this year.

Venus Williams celebrates a historic win at the DC Open and confirms her engagement to actor Andrea Preti in a heartfelt interview.

Yet the 15 minutes we've cut from her most recent singles match, Tuesday night in Washington, D.C., tells a story all its own. Over the course of the 45-year-old's inspirational and impressive victory over 35th-ranked Peyton Stearns (just 23), we can still see the hallmarks of Venus' game that made her so great, and why she remains so popular.

Venus Williams has finally confirmed her engagement to actor Andrea Preti amid months of speculation — and just moments after her historic return to the tennis court. In a post-match interview Tuesday, the tennis ace, 45, revealed that her 37-year-old beau had popped the all-important question to her.