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08/26 09:28 CDT Serena and Venus Williams will play doubles together at the US
Open
Serena and Venus Williams will play doubles together at the US Open
NEW YORK (AP) --- Serena and Venus Williams are teaming up again at the U.S.
Open.
The sisters will play doubles at the tournament after receiving a wild card
Wednesday into the event they won twice.
Serena Williams returned to tennis this summer after a four-year absence, and
the sisters were set to play at Wimbledon before Serena had to withdraw after
injuring her knee in her singles loss. They played in the Cincinnati Open,
losing in the first round.
The Williams sisters won the 1999 and 2009 U.S. Open doubles titles and are
27-7 in their nine appearances. They last played in 2022, losing their match in
what was expected to be Serena's final match in Flushing Meadows.
Serena, 44, played with Carlos Alcaraz in mixed doubles Tuesday, winning one
match before losing in the quarterfinals. Venus, 46, is entered in the women's
singles event.
The Williams sisters teamed to win 14 Grand Slam doubles titles along with
Olympic gold medals in 2000, 2008, 2012. They shared the No. 1 ranking in
women's doubles for eight weeks.
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