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The Williams sisters are returning to their roots reprising their partnership in New York.
Venus Williams, 46, and 44-year-old Serena Williams have acquired a wild card into the US Open doubles subject, the USTA introduced as we speak.
The 2-time US Open doubles champions reunited on the Cincinnati Open on August seventeenth towards Madrid champion Marta Kostyuk and American Peyton Stearns, who misplaced to Venus Williams on the 2025 Mubadala Washington, DC Open.
Venus Williams double faulted into web ending an exhilarating 6-2, 1-6, 10-8 victory for Kostyuk and Stearns over the legendary Williams sisters on the Cincinnati Open.
The sisters, enjoying collectively for the primary time since their 2022 US Open first-round loss, have been outgunned within the opening set, dynamic within the second set and staged a tiebreaker comeback that fell quick.
“I assumed it was enjoyable. I assumed it was particular,” Serena mentioned. “We kicked off a bit of rust in the course of a match. We have been beginning to really feel it – it was actually enjoyable.
“It was actually cool to have the ability to do that once more.”
Followers stood and gave the Williams sisters a rousing standing ovation sendoff as they walked off Grandstand Courtroom waving to the gang.
That Queen Metropolis match was a prelude to a Grand Slam return in Queens a full 27 years after a 17-year-old Serena defeated Kim Clijsters, Conchita Martinez, Monica Seles, Lindsay Davenport and Martina Hingis to seize the 1999 US Open singles championships.
The announcement comes a day after Serena performed within the US Open’s Blended Doubles Championship yesterday with Carlos Alcaraz, the place they reached the quarterfinals. Serena rocked the radar gun with a few 120 mile-an-hour service blasts and hit a number of explosive swing volleys.
US Open Ladies’s Doubles Wild Playing cards
Serena Williams and Venus WilliamsRobin Montgomery and Ashlyn KruegerReese Brantmeier and Savannah BroadusClaire Liu and Julieta ParejaDJ Bennett and Ava Esposito (American Collegiate Participant Wild Card Playoffs)Bella Payne and Sara Shumate (USTA Billie Jean King Ladies’ 18s Nationwide Championships)To be introduced
US Open Males’s Doubles Wild Playing cards
Jackson Withrow and Nate LammonsMackenzie McDonald and Martin DammMac Kiger and Aleks KovacevicBrandon Carpico and Nikita Filin (American Collegiate Participant Wild Card Playoffs)Noah Johnston and Yannik Alvarez (USTA Boys’ 18s Nationwide Championship)To be announcedTo be introduced
