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

Venus Williams is engaged to Italian actor and model Andrea Preti, who once dated a tennis player and studied acting in New York. The couple is set to wed in Italy this September.

Venus Williams is officially engaged! The tennis superstar, 45, confirmed she and actor Andrea Preti, 37, are planning to marry in an interview after winning her first singles match in two years at the Mubadala Citi DC Open Tuesday night.