Venus Williams just came back from a 16-month break from professional tennis. But she didn’t return because she missed playing — rather, she missed her health insurance. “I had to come back for the insurance,” Williams, 45, said this week after beating Peyton Stearns — 22 years her junior — at the Mubadala Citi DC Open in Washington, D.C.

Returning after 16 months away, Venus Williams didn’t map out her full plan in D.C., but made it clear this comeback is more than ceremonial.

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