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Local Star Helps Defeat Serena, Venus Williams in Doubles at Cincinnati Open
- On Monday, tennis legends Serena Williams and Venus Williams lost their first doubles match together since 2022, falling to Mason native Peyton Stearns and Marta Kostyuk 6-2, 1-6, 10-8 at the Cincinnati Open.
- The Williams sisters, owners of 14 Grand Slam doubles titles, reunited for their first non-Grand Slam event since the 2016 Italian Open, entering Cincinnati as a wild card.
- Stearns and Kostyuk dominated the opening set 6-2, but the Williams sisters stormed back to win the second set 6-1, forcing a 10-point tiebreaker that ended on a double fault by Venus Williams.
- With the victory, Stearns and Kostyuk advance to face Hanyu Guo and Kristina Mladenovic in the next round, while the Williams sisters expressed gratitude for the opportunity to compete together again.
- Stearns acknowledged the "sting" of playing against hometown crowd favorites, while Serena noted "I didnt come out here to win this tournament," emphasizing the joy of returning to doubles play.
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Serena and Venus Williams Just Played Doubles Together for the First Time in Four Years
Serena and Venus Williams teamed up for doubles at the Cincinnati Open on Monday for the first time since the 2022 U.S. Open, falling in a super-tiebreak but leaving the court optimistic about what comes next.
·New York, United States
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Serena Williams and Venus Williams returned to the tennis courts after a 4-year hiatus at the Cincinnati Open doubles tournament in Cincinnati, USA.
·Vilnius, Lithuania
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"It's a privilege to share the court with them," said Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk, who faced the two sisters on Monday at Cincinnati's Masters 1000.
·Paris, France
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- 45% of the sources lean Left
45% Left
L 45%
C 34%
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