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Venus Williams will return to Roland Garros’ pink clay this month.
The 45-year-old Venus will associate 24-year-old Hailey Baptiste in Roland Garros doubles play, the match introduced at present.
A former world No. 1 in singles and doubles, Venus Williams won’t play singles on the clay-court Grand Slam. Right here’s a take a look at the Roland Garros ladies’s doubles entry record.
Seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus will serve double obligation in Paris. Along with taking part in Roland Garros doubles, she’s going to contribute commentary to TNT’s Roland Garros tv protection for a second straight 12 months.
Baptiste toppled former French Open finalist Jasmine Paolini, former Olympic gold-medal champion Belinda Bencic and world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka in succession to achieve the Mutua Madrid Open singles semifinals.
The four-time Olympic gold-medal champion Venus will play doubles 29 years after she made her Roland Garros singles debut. Venus Williams is a 2002 French Open singles finalist and a two-time Roland Garros doubles champion.
Venus partnered youthful sister Serena Williams to Roland Garros doubles championships in 1999 and 2010. General, the Williams Sisters have posted a 14-0 report in Grand Slam doubles finals.
The workforce of Venus Williams and Baptiste partnered in Washington, D.C. final summer time the place they gained a spherical to achieve the quarterfinals earlier than bowing to Taylor Townsend and Shuai Zhang in a good three-setter.
Final January, Venus Williams took a wild card into the Australian Open singles the place she made historical past because the oldest girl to play an AO main-draw singles match.
