Serena and Venus Williams lost in the first round of doubles at the U.S. Open to the Czech pair of Lucie Hradecka and Linda Noskova 7-6, 6-4 in Arthur Ashe Stadium on Thursday night. Ashe had never hosted a first-round doubles match — for women or men, during the night or day — until this one featuring two American sisters …
NEW YORK — Serena and Venus Williams were drawn to face the Czech pair of Lucie Hradecka and Linda Noskova in the first round of doubles at the U.S. Open. It is the first doubles event for the Williams sisters together since the 2018 French Open. Two of their doubles titles came at the U.S. Open, in 1999 and 2009. …
At the National Tennis Centre in Beijing fans flocked around their star player, Peng Shuai. The first Chinese tennis player, male or female, to become a world No 1, Peng had just cruised to victory 6-4, 6-4 to take the China Open title alongside doubles partner Andrea Sestini Hlavackova. “She had to create a little bubble to stay away from …
