Richard Pagliaro | Monday, August 3, 2026
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The Queen Metropolis will host a Williams sisters reunion
Venus Williams and sister Serena Williams will reprise their doubles partnership in Cincinnati. The Williams sisters have accepted a wild card into the Cincinnati Open, set for August 11-Twenty third.
Seven-time Grand Slam singles champion Venus, 2017 US Open champion Sloane Stephens and Taylor Townsend every obtained Cincinnati Open singles wild playing cards.
After they play the Queen Metropolis, may Queens be subsequent for the Williams sisters?
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It’s believed the Williams sisters could also be enjoying Cincinnati in preparation for a US Open doubles return later this month. The Williams sisters gained US Open doubles championships in 1999 and 2009.
A yr in the past, Venus Williams partnered 2021 US Open finalist Leylah Fernandez to achieve the Flushing Meadows doubles quarterfinals.
Venus Williams, 46, and 44-year-old sister Serena have been set to play doubles at Wimbledon final month.
Nevertheless, former No. 1 Serena Williams suffered a knee harm in her three-set Wimbledon singles loss to Australian Maya Joint and withdrew from The Championships.
Collectively, the Williams sisters produced an ideal 14-0 report in Grand Slam doubles finals. The sisters personal a report 4 Olympic gold medals apiece.
Richard Pagliaro. Richard Pagliaro is Tennis Now Managing Editor. He’s a graduate of New York College and has coated professional tennis for greater than 35 years. Richard was tennis columnist for Gannett Newspapers in NY, served as Managing Editor for TennisWeek.com and labored as a author/editor for Tennis.com. He has been TennisNow.com managing editor since 2010.
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