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Serena and Venus Williams will play doubles together the US Open
The sisters, who own 14 Grand Slam doubles titles, will team up again after Serena returned from a four-year absence.
- On Wednesday, the U.S. Tennis Association announced that Serena Williams, a 23-time Grand Slam champion, and Venus Williams, 46, received a wild card for the upcoming U.S. Open women's doubles tournament.
- The sisters, who won U.S. Open doubles titles in 1999 and 2009, most recently competed together at the Cincinnati Open, where they suffered a first-round defeat to fellow wild cards.
- Returning to tennis after a four-year absence, Serena, 44, reached the mixed doubles quarterfinals at the U.S. Open this week alongside Carlos Alcaraz, the Spanish player recovering from a wrist injury.
- Venus previously received a separate wild card entry into the U.S. Open singles main draw, which begins on August 30, allowing both sisters to compete at the tournament.
- The U.S. Open runs from August 30 to September 13, with the women's doubles first round beginning at Flushing Meadows on September 3, setting the stage for the sisters' return.
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American tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams to compete in doubles together at the US Open
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