Serena & Venus Williams receive US Open doubles wild card, organisers confirm

[p]The sisters have ‌played together in the US ‌Open doubles nine times, most recently ‌in 2022, when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/williams-serena/ttsu68nH/"]Serena[/a] made an ‌emotional farewell to the sport. Serena exited the mixed doubles tournament with ‌partner [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/alcaraz-garfia-carlos/UkhgIFEq/"]Carlos Alcaraz[/a] in the ⁠quarter-finals on ‌Tuesday.[/p][p]Serena, a 23-times Grand Slam champion, returned ​to the court for the first time in nearly four ​years at the Queen's Club Championships in London in June.[/p][embed guid="308c8a70-0428-4b11-97e6-09948cc42ddc" url="https://x.com/usopen/status/2092615481974820889" social-type="twitter" /][p]The 44-year-old ⁠showed glimpses ​of her old form in her two mixed doubles matches on Tuesday, firing down a 120 mph (193.1 kph) ‌ace to gasps from the crowd at Arthur Ashe Stadium.[/p][p]The 46-year-old [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/williams-venus/M7dojKaa/"]Venus[/a] reached the women's doubles quarter-finals last year with Canadian partner [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/fernandez-leylah-annie/8EI3pJOd/"]Leylah Fernandez[/a].[/p][p]The Williams sisters played together this month in Cincinnati, where they lost in their opening match. ‌They were once among the ​most formidable doubles pairs on the ‌circuit, winning the US Open title in 2009 and 2019.[/p][p][b]The women's doubles first round begins at Flushing Meadows on September 3rd.[/b][/p][infobox id="3dc51b3a-107f-482b-9173-a97d347ef1b3" /]