Williams sisters cheered as US Open doubles run ends
Translated from German and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- Serena and Venus Williams lost their US Open doubles match to Maya Joint and Chan Hao-ching in a deciding-set tiebreak.
- The sisters returned to the US Open doubles event together for the first time in four years.
- The 44-year-old Serena and her two-years-older sister Venus left the court to sustained applause.
Serena and Venus Williams received a warm farewell from the New York crowd after a narrow defeat in the US Open doubles tournament.
Four years after their last joint appearance at the US Open, the American sisters lost to Maya Joint and Chan Hao-ching, 3-6, 7-6(6), 6-7(7).
The 44-year-old Serena and Venus, who is two years older, were applauded for their performance as they left the competition.
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Originally published by Der Standard in German. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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