Serena Williams to partner up with Karolina Muchova for Berlin doubles

[p]"We're going to play doubles. I'm pretty excited about it.[/p][p][b]"It doesn't happen every day that such an amazing athlete, not only in tennis but overall in sports, asks you to play tennis with her. I hope it's going to be fun," [/b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/muchova-karolina/Or4Qa1ye/"]Muchova[/a] told a press conference in Berlin on Saturday.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/williams-serena/ttsu68nH/"]Williams[/a], a 23-time Grand Slam singles champion, had retired after the 2022 US Open.[/p][p]On Tuesday, the 44-year-old won her first doubles match at the Queen's Club in London alongside Canadian [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mboko-victoria/AqVez8TJ/"]Victoria Mboko[/a].[/p][p]Mboko then injured her left knee, forcing her to retire from the singles and the doubles.[/p][embed guid="6745e71c-f6e7-49bc-9dd2-14de9ec6fe7e" url="https://x.com/TheTennisLetter/status/2064422643760242916" social-type="twitter" /][p]The 29-year-old Muchova, ranked 10th in the world, was runner-up at the 2023 French Open singles tournament.[/p][p]The Berlin Open serves as a warm-up for Wimbledon from July 1st to 14th.[/p]