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Williams Sisters Reunite for U.S. Open Doubles at Ages 44 and 46

Serena and Venus Williams return to the U.S. Open doubles court at ages 44 and 46 following their daughter's request.

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Serena Williams and Venus Williams will play doubles together at the U.S. Open for the first time since 2022. [1] The final score of the match was 6-3 6-7 (8-6) 7-6 (10-7) in favor of Joint and Chan. [2] The Williams sisters were defeated 6-3, 6-7(6), 7-6(10-7) by the 14th-seeded team of Australia's Maya Joint and Taiwan's Chan Hao-Ching. [3][8][10] Aryna Sabalenka defeated Kamilla Rakhimova 6-3, 6-4 to book her place in the fourth round of the US Open. [4] Carlos Alcaraz defeated China's Wu Yibing 6-3, 6-4, 6-1 to advance to the fourth round of the US Open. [5] The match lasted three hours and two minutes and required a third-set tie-breaker. [6][7] The Williams sisters lost the match in three sets with final scores of 3-6, 7-6, and 6-7. [9] Serena Williams stated that the decision to return to the U.S. Open doubles was at the suggestion of her daughter. [11]
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  1. Serena Williams and Venus Williams will play doubles together at the U.S. Open for the first time since 2022. · Winnipeg Free Press
  2. The final score of the match was 6-3 6-7 (8-6) 7-6 (10-7) in favor of Joint and Chan. · Sky Sports
  3. The Williams sisters were defeated 6-3, 6-7(6), 7-6(10-7) by the 14th-seeded team of Australia's Maya Joint and Taiwan's Chan Hao-Ching. · The HinduIndia
  4. Aryna Sabalenka defeated Kamilla Rakhimova 6-3, 6-4 to book her place in the fourth round of the US Open. · Al Jazeera
  5. Carlos Alcaraz defeated China's Wu Yibing 6-3, 6-4, 6-1 to advance to the fourth round of the US Open. · Al Jazeera
  6. The match lasted three hours and two minutes and required a third-set tie-breaker. · Sky Sports
  7. The Williams sisters blew a 5-0 lead in the third-set tie-breaker before losing it 8-6. · Sky Sports
  8. Chan Hao-ching and Maya Joint won the decisive third set tiebreak 10-7 after the Williams sisters led 5-0. · B.T.
  9. The Williams sisters lost the match in three sets with final scores of 3-6, 7-6, and 6-7. · B.T.
  10. Maya Joint and Chan Hao-ching overcame a 5-0 deficit in the first-to-10 tiebreaker to win the third set. · Deadspin
  11. Serena Williams stated that the decision to return to the U.S. Open doubles was at the suggestion of her daughter. · The HinduIndia
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