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Venus Williams and Leylah Fernandez thriving in U.S. Open doubles, with Serena ‘teaching from afar’

By Editorial Board Published September 2, 2025 3 Min Read
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Venus Williams and Leylah Fernandez thriving in U.S. Open doubles, with Serena ‘teaching from afar’

Venus Williams had made it to the quarterfinal spherical of the U.S. Open girls’s doubles competitors 5 occasions. Every time, she was partnered with youthful sister Serena Williams.

Venus Williams is again within the U.S. Open quarterfinals this yr, for the primary time since 2014, with new doubles accomplice Leylah Fernandez.

Williams’ retired sibling hasn’t made it to Flushing Meadows for any of this yr’s motion to this point, however the seven-time Grand Slam singles champion made a plea for that to vary following her and Fernandez’s 6-3, 6-4 victory over Zhang Shuai and Ekaterina Alexandrova on Monday.

“She’s so happy for Leylah and I, and she’s given us advice,” Williams mentioned of her sister throughout an on-court interview. “We just need her in the box. So, my message is: Serena, you need to show up.”

Williams was responding to a query a couple of latest TikTok put up by Serena during which the 23-time Grand Slam singles champion is watching Williams and Fernandez on TV and rolling her eyes. As soon as she notices she is being filmed, nevertheless, Serena forces some humorously fake-looking smiles.

Venus Williams known as the put up “very funny.”

The Williams sisters have received 14 Grand Slam titles (together with the U.S. Open in 1999 and 2009) and three Olympic gold medals as doubles companions. Whereas Serena hasn’t performed for the reason that 2022 U.S. Open, Venus returned to the court docket after a prolonged hiatus for July’s D.C. Open.

At that match, the 45-year-old Williams turned the second-oldest lady to win a tour-level singles match with a first-round victory over 23-year-old Peyton Stearns. Williams additionally received a first-round doubles match with 23-year-old accomplice Hailey Baptiste.

On the U.S. Open, Williams misplaced her first-round singles match to 29-year-old Karolina Muchova in three units. However she and Fernandez, a 22-year-old Canadian who performed within the 2021 U.S. Open singles ultimate, have been on a roll. They’ve but to drop a set in three rounds of play.

Williams advised reporters that Serena has really been very supportive.

“She’s definitely coaching from afar, and she’s so excited,” Williams mentioned. “She gets so nervous watching, and she’s got the kids watching. They’re all at home, just really on our side.”

Williams additionally addressed her earlier request for her sister to “show up” for Tuesday’s quarterfinal match in opposition to the top-seeded duo of Taylor Townsend and Katerina Siniakova.

“If she came, it would be a dream for both of us,” Williams mentioned. “We’d have her on the court coaching. And we’d force her to hit, even though she doesn’t hit often.”

She added with amusing,”So it’s most likely greatest she doesn’t come as a result of we’d identical to, most likely bully her.”

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