Serena, Venus Williams Reunite for US Open Doubles — SkimNews
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- Serena and Venus Williams are scheduled to play doubles together at the US Open on Friday night at Arthur Ashe Stadium, marking their first pairing in four years.
- Williams sisters are pursuing a 15th major doubles title and are, per ESPN Research, the only tandem to have won all four Grand Slam doubles titles plus multiple Olympic gold medals.
- Maya Joint and Hao-Ching Chan are the Williams sisters' opponents — Joint is the same player who beat Serena at Wimbledon, an injury from that match forcing Serena to withdraw from that tournament entirely.
- The Williams sisters were originally slated to reunite at Wimbledon before Serena's knee tweak scrapped those plans, making the US Open their long-delayed first match back as a duo.
- Serena and Venus will open the primetime slate at Arthur Ashe Stadium on Friday night.
Why it matters: A first pairing in four years — and first since a knee injury at Wimbledon forced Serena to withdraw — makes this more than a routine doubles draw. Facing Maya Joint, the player who inflicted that Wimbledon exit, gives the reunion a built-in storyline with real competitive stakes.
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