It was on the grass-court main that she lastly deliberate to reunite along with her sister to play doubles, however an damage suffered during a singles match meant she was unable to take the court docket. And so, their grand return got here final month (August) on the Cincinnati Open.
Having misplaced in three units to Marta Kostyuk and Peyton Stearns, 6-2, 1-6, [10-8], the sisters will look to win their first match collectively since Roland-Garros 2018 at Flushing Meadows, going through Chinese language Taipei’s Chan Hao-ching and Australia’s Maya Joint within the first spherical.
Joint shall be a well-recognized opponent for Serena, who misplaced to the younger Aussie in her solely singles match this season at Wimbledon. Chan has additionally overwhelmed the Williams sisters in a doubles match on one event on the Beijing Open 2013, organising an exciting battle in New York.
The match is scheduled for Thursday, 3 September, with the beginning time nonetheless to be decided.
