Serena Williams

Venus and Serena will play in what could be their final doubles match as teammates on Thursday. Let's check the stats on how sensational they are in singles ...

She won gold in singles and doubles at the 2000 Games, doubles at the 2008 Games and doubles at the 2012 Games. 1](https://www.espn.com/tennis/news/2002/0223/1339623.html) in the WTA rankings and spent 11 weeks there. She trails Navratilova (9), Serena (7) and Graf (7). That's the most by any player in the Open Era. 367 and 73: Serena has won 367 major matches, the most by a woman in tennis history. Williams won the 2017 Australian Open at 35 years, 124 days old, becoming the oldest woman to win a title in the Open Era. 1 in the WTA rankings, becoming the oldest person to hold the top spot. 1 and 2 in the WTA rankings. Serena again has the edge with a 7-2 record. 14: Entering the 2022 US Open, Venus and Serena have won 14 women's doubles Grand Slams as partners. It's also the first women's doubles night session there since the Williams sisters lost to Nadia Petrova and Maria Kirilenko in the third round in 2012. It's the first doubles night session at Arthur Ashe since Mike and Bob Bryan defeated Colin Fleming and Jonathan Marray in the men's doubles quarterfinals in 2013.

We asked Kenyan political sociologist and gender expert Awino Okech what lessons can be learned for African women in sports when reflecting on Williams' career.

[Naomi Osaka](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/57310701) and US gymnastics champion [Simone Biles](https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/07/simone-biles-olympics-mental-health-athletes/#:%7E:text=United%20States%20gymnast%20Simone%20Biles,up%20about%20their%20mental%20health.) taking a stand. [due to privatisation](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7223727/). The first is the absence of strong financial advice and support to athletes over the course of their careers. She [withdrew from and boycotted](https://www.insider.com/venus-serena-williams-indian-wells-boycott-before-naomi-osaka-incident-2022-3) events such as the BNP Paribas Open in California because of racial slurs from the crowd. In the visual and verbal descriptions of Serena in the public media, we saw the use of historically [racialised tropes](https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2018/09/11/long-history-behind-racist-attacks-serena-williams/) of the angry Black woman and animalistic caricatures by the media and social media users. The financial security built of decades of success in a sport does not translate in the same way in contexts shaped by vast economic disparities. The race problem in sports – which becomes visible through online abuse, spectator behaviour and overall sports management – is reflective of a broader problem. [One study](https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/58e4c303ca2197f5/original/FIFA-Threat-Matrix-Report.pdf) revealed that Black football players who missed penalties were the most abused players in the Euro 2020 championship final stage. [Serena Williams](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Serena-Williams), considered one of the greatest tennis players of all time, is [retiring](https://www.vogue.com/article/serena-williams-retirement-in-her-own-words) from professional tennis. However, the combination of race and gender doubles the battle that Serena Williams and other international athletes like South African sprinting champion Williams has won 23 grand slam singles titles, more than any [other woman](https://www.statista.com/statistics/280390/female-tennis-players-with-the-most-victories-at-grand-slam-tournaments/) or [man](https://www.statista.com/statistics/263034/male-tennis-players-with-the-most-victories-at-grand-slam-tournaments/) during the professional era, which began in 1968. Consequently, Serena’s iconic stature as a tennis star has been coloured by the gender and racial dynamics that have shaped her treatment in the sport.

Diamond-clad veteran Serena Williams produced some of her best tennis since reaching the Australian Open semi-finals last January to reach the third round ...

"The crowd played a huge part and I think they even eclipsed her. The dream lives on." Cowan added: "Serena has been massively undercooked coming into the US Open. [skysports.com/tennis](http://www.skysports.com/tennis), our Twitter account [@skysportstennis](https://twitter.com/SkySportsTennis) & Sky Sports - on the go! I really enjoy just coming out and enjoying it." Tennis analyst Barry Cowan told Sky Sports' Raz Mirza: "If you asked me before the tournament, I'd have said absolutely not. I love a challenge and I'm rising to the challenge. "I'm just looking at it as a bonus. The last couple of matches it's come together. It was good, because I didn't know what I wanted to do. "I haven't played many matches, but I've been practising really well. I'm a pretty good player, this is what I do best.

Serena and Venus Williams face Lucie Hradecka and Linda Noskova in the first round of the women's doubles event at the U.S. Open. Follow along for live ...

Now, with just a few practice sessions, she’s a factor for her 24th Grand Slam singles title after knocking off the second-ranked player in the world, 26-year-old Anett Kontaveit, with a performance so mighty and moving that you thought the crowd in Arthur Ashe Stadium was going to start a rockslide with its clamor. A few weeks ago, she was done, played out, scrabbling for confidence and just hoping for a decent ceremonial farewell at the U.S. With every double-fisted backhand and flail-like forehand, the marvel builds and builds.

When Serena and Venus Williams take the court at Arthur Ashe Stadium on Thursday night, they will add another line to their résumé: It is the first time a ...

[Lisa Delpy Neirotti](https://business.gwu.edu/lisa-delpy-neirotti), a professor of sports management at George Washington University, said that as Williams continues her run at the U.S. “It’s good to see, especially people of color.” “I’ve mostly been kind of blocking everything out, but then at the same time I’ve been embracing a little bit of it because I also want to enjoy the moment,” she said. For me, it’s really about having a little embrace but also understanding that I’m here to focus, do the best that I can this time.” For the wider tennis world, it’s also a chance to draw new fans to the game before she retires. “Turn all of these messages about access and toppling conventional wisdom and diversity into a spike in participation,” Wertheim said. “Eventually, another star will fill the void. I think it’s just been pretty cool to watch.” It’s a chance to sell the most tickets, draw higher TV ratings and pack the surrounding plazas. Putting Williams in the first match of a night session in the stadium with the most seats makes sense for the U.S. A prime time slot in the largest stadium at the U.S.T.A. Open women’s doubles match will be played in a night session at Ashe.

Serena Williams roared into the third round of the US Open on Wednesday, overpowering second seed Anett Kontaveit with a battling performance to extend her ...

“I love a challenge and love rising to the challenge. Murray will face world number 14 Matteo Berrettini in the next round. “I knew it was coming. I have absolutely nothing to lose,” she said. “I expected it but it was really hard,” Kontaveit said. “I thought ‘Oh my goodness, I’ve got to give my best effort because this could be it,” Williams said.

Serena Williams breezed past world number two Anett Kontaveit on Wednesday in a 7-6(4), 2-6, 6-2 win that sees her into the third...

There has been no actual revelation as to what might have caused the fallout between the two brothers. The case is still ongoing with both French and Italian police authorities investigating. The mother of one will face 46th ranked Ajla Tomljanovic in the third round.

According to data from TickPick, the 'get-in' price for Williams' third round match Friday vs. Ajla Tomljanovic is $565, with the average ticket costing ...

The hottest ticket in town! with the best Arthur Ashe seats coming in at $6,500! The cheapest ticket in the lower level to see Williams play Friday is 4,361.

The 40-year-old not only held herself to stratospheric standards against Anett Kontaveit, but somehow fully met them.

The pressure could have been suffocating but, as she has so many times in her career, she rose to the occasion. On Thursday night, Williams will return to the same venue, at the same time alongside her sister, Venus, as they compete together in the doubles for the final time, a spectacle which may well be even more emotional and essential than the singles. She asked Williams if she was surprised by her level on the court, which prompted a laugh and a very pointed stare. Over the course of her two hours and 27 minutes on court, she played all of the hits at least one more time: the aces and vicious return winners that she saved for important points, the roars and the anguish alike, her heart laid out on her diamond-encrusted sleeves. Her first serve was mesmerising, but averaged only 99mph in the first set – she has not served much under pressure this past year so was initially extremely careful, prioritising precision and percentage over power. To her credit, Kontaveit played a flawless second set, flashing winners off both wings and kissing lines, but Williams simply responded by further elevating her level and managing the match supremely well at the close.

The Williams sisters are teaming up for the first time in a Grand Slam tournament since 2018. They will play Lucie Hradecka and Linda Noskova of the Czech ...

In April, Kostyuk and several other players from Ukraine called for ruling organizations of tennis to ask players from Russia and Belarus if they supported the war and to denounce it if they did not. (Or in the case of Serena and Venus Williams, a sibling.) Tickets in the midlevel of Ashe were selling for about $3,000, and more than $9,000 in the lowest level of the stadium. Putting Williams in the first match of a night session in the stadium with the most seats makes sense for the U.S. The prize money is lower for doubles than for singles (and even less for mixed doubles than for men’s and women’s doubles). Those who want a better view of the Williams sisters will need to pay substantially more. Usually, the main goal of the player positioned at the baseline is to get to the net. “I know they haven’t played in a little while but I feel like you can never count them out,” Mattek-Sands said of the Williams sisters. Serena and Venus Williams will be competing in doubles Thursday night against Linda Noskova and Lucie Hradecka, both of the Czech Republic. The first bit of trivia is that tonight’s match is the team’s ninth appearance in doubles at the Open. In the meantime, here are some fun facts about the Williams sisters as a doubles team, according to U.S. She glances up to a large video screens near the top of the stadium above the baselines.

Venus and Serena will play in what could be their final doubles match as teammates on Thursday. Let's check the stats on how sensational they are in singles ...

She won gold in singles and doubles at the 2000 Games, doubles at the 2008 Games and doubles at the 2012 Games. 1](https://www.espn.com/tennis/news/2002/0223/1339623.html) in the WTA rankings and spent 11 weeks there. She trails Navratilova (9), Serena (7) and Graf (7). That's the most by any player in the Open Era. 367 and 73: Serena has won 367 major matches, the most by a woman in tennis history. Williams won the 2017 Australian Open at 35 years, 124 days old, becoming the oldest woman to win a title in the Open Era. 1 in the WTA rankings, becoming the oldest person to hold the top spot. 1 and 2 in the WTA rankings. Serena again has the edge with a 7-2 record. 14: Entering the 2022 US Open, Venus and Serena have won 14 women's doubles Grand Slams as partners. It was the first doubles night session at Arthur Ashe since Mike and Bob Bryan defeated Colin Fleming and Jonathan Marray in the men's doubles quarterfinals in 2013 and the first women's doubles night session there since the Williams sisters lost to Nadia Petrova and Maria Kirilenko in the third round in 2012. The two sisters began their professional careers in 1994 and 1999, respectively, winning many majors and profoundly impacting the sport.

The sisters were a late addition to the doubles draw, getting a wild card mainly as a means to shake off some rust. They flashed, but didn't last long.

The sisters rallied to even the match at 4-4, but Noskova, 17 years old and making her Grand Slam tournament doubles debut, served excellently. They took a 5-4 lead in a tight first set and powered their way to two set points but couldn’t convert either. Open — not as a doubles partnership but in the first final they contested against each other, in 2001. It happened to fall on the fifth birthday of her daughter, Olympia. They accepted a wild card into the tournament Saturday in large part as a way to get more matches under their belts. The sisters met the Czech duo of Lucie Hradecka and Linda Noskova for a first-round doubles match.

Serena Williams and Venus Williams took to the Arthur Ashe Stadium at the Bille Jean King Tennis Center for their doubles match against Czech tennis players ...

After four occasions that the score was deuce, Venus Williams held serve with the Arthur Ashe turned into a madhouse of excitement for the locals. and now came the time to confirm the break. With the game 3-2 in favor of the Czechs, Serena was returning Hradecka's serve and they had a chance to break serve, but the Europeans managed to hold their service game and the duel continued with break in favor of the Czechs. The fans at the Arthur Ashe were wild with excitement supporting Serena and Venus, but the sisters were still struggling to come from behind, although they found a light on the way in the seventh game of the second set. But everything went uphill for the locals, and just in their first turn of serve (Venus), they broke their serve and immediately they were 0-2 down and the older sister was making many mistakes to climb the net when Serena was already in the same. [Serena Williams on what keeps her motivated: I feel like I've already won](https://www.marca.com/en/tennis/us-open/2022/09/01/6310809922601ddb668b4567.html) [Serena Williams](https://www.marca.com/en/tennis/serena-williams.html) and [Venus Williams](https://www.marca.com/en/tennis/venus-williams.html) took to the Arthur Ashe Stadium at the Bille Jean King Tennis Center for their doubles match against Czech tennis players Lucie Hradecka and Linda Noskova, but the youth of their opponents was too much for the sisters in their 40s in the first round of doubles at the [US Open](https://www.marca.com/en/tennis/us-open.html).

Williams has won 23 grand slam singles titles, more than any other woman or man during the professional era, which began in 1968.

[The Conversation](https://theconversation.com) under a Creative Commons license. [due to privatisation](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7223727/). [Naomi Osaka](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/57310701) and US gymnastics champion [Simone Biles](https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/07/simone-biles-olympics-mental-health-athletes/#:%7E:text=United%20States%20gymnast%20Simone%20Biles,up%20about%20their%20mental%20health.) taking a stand. The first is the absence of strong financial advice and support to athletes over the course of their careers. In the visual and verbal descriptions of Serena in the public media, we saw the use of historically [racialised tropes](https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2018/09/11/long-history-behind-racist-attacks-serena-williams/) of the angry Black woman and animalistic caricatures by the media and social media users. She [withdrew from and boycotted](https://www.insider.com/venus-serena-williams-indian-wells-boycott-before-naomi-osaka-incident-2022-3) events such as the BNP Paribas Open in California because of racial slurs from the crowd. The financial security built of decades of success in a sport does not translate in the same way in contexts shaped by vast economic disparities. [Serena Ventures](https://www.serenaventures.com), a venture capital firm. The race problem in sports – which becomes visible through online abuse, spectator behaviour and overall sports management – is reflective of a broader problem. [One study](https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/58e4c303ca2197f5/original/FIFA-Threat-Matrix-Report.pdf) revealed that Black football players who missed penalties were the most abused players in the Euro 2020 championship final stage. [Serena Williams](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Serena-Williams), considered one of the greatest tennis players of all time, is [retiring](https://www.vogue.com/article/serena-williams-retirement-in-her-own-words) from professional tennis. Williams has won 23 grand slam singles titles, more than any [other woman](https://www.statista.com/statistics/280390/female-tennis-players-with-the-most-victories-at-grand-slam-tournaments/) or [man](https://www.statista.com/statistics/263034/male-tennis-players-with-the-most-victories-at-grand-slam-tournaments/) during the professional era, which began in 1968.

After beating No. 2 in women's tennis, Annett Kontaveit last Wednesday, Serena Williams proved she came to the US Open to compete against the best.

I love a challenge and I'm rising to the challenge. [Tiger Woods was spotted in the stands](https://www.marca.com/en/tennis/us-open/2022/09/01/63103c5022601df96b8b4596.html) greeting Serena's sister, Venus, who was eliminated from singles earlier in the day. She didn't hesitate to praise the golf legend: "He's one of the reasons I'm here, one of the main reasons I'm still playing. It was good, because I didn't know what I wanted to do. I'm a pretty good player, this is what I do best. [Serena Williams](https://www.marca.com/en/tennis/us-open/2022/08/30/630e631546163fce428b45bd.html) proved she came to the US Open to compete against the best.

Serena Williams will look to continue her fairytale US Open run against Australian Ajla Tomljanovic in the third round on September 2.

I don't have anything to win. "I don't have anything to prove. It's been a long time since I've been able to do that." “It’s going to be a huge moment no matter the outcome. Could have been a chance I’ll never play her before she retires. "I think it's going to be a good match.

As Venus Williams nears the end of her career, she has been reserved about her retirement plans -- but Thursday night's doubles match was still the end of ...

The competitive fire is burning as bright as it ever has for these two, and though they fell to a straight-sets defeat, it was not for want of intensity, focus or desire. Since her return to competitive tennis -- her first match back in 11 months due to injury was at this year's Wimbledon in the mixed doubles -- the line of questioning has shifted to figuring out why she's back and what her motivation is to continue playing this sport. "This is a 2-woman wrecking crew," said Questlove in the montage. She frequently uses the word "grateful" whenever asked how she's feeling. It was Serena who led the two to practice. We've all been 2 lucky as for 2 decades we've watched 2 of the greatest athletes, showing us how 2 can become 1." "I just kind of felt like my role is to make sure I don't influence her in any way, and that this decision needs to be all hers and her family's," Venus said. Had Noskova's attention wavered for the briefest second, she'd have seen a host of footage from before she was alive. "I feel like it's been very important for her to be a part of this," Serena said Monday. She has taken a supportive role in Serena's farewell tour, one in the shadow of her younger sister. Venus of course answered the call. Barring a change of heart, Serena has indicated she will leave the sport in the next 10 days.

Serena and Venus Williams lost the first set even after having a set point. They eventually were defeated, 7-6 (5), 6-4, by Lucie Hradecka and Linda Noskova ...

Perhaps it was foreshadowing that the sisters lost that one in straight sets, too, and with Venus’s elimination in the first round of singles, there is only one Williams left in this U.S. Serena will be back on Ashe Stadium for a night session on Friday night to face the unseeded Australian Ajla Tomljanovic, who joked that she was planning on bringing earplugs to block out the roars. People might say in their minds she got lost in the shuffle here, but whatever way she does it is the way she wants to do it. The U.S. But though Serena Williams was often effective and decisive on Thursday night, she could not hold serve to keep the sisters in the match at 4-5. The Williamses played in Ashe Stadium the year that it opened in 1997, with Venus reaching the singles final as an unseeded 17-year-old and 15-year-old Serena making her Grand Slam debut in doubles with Venus. Open titles together but had not played together at a major since the 2018 French Open. And it came in an atmosphere that was comparatively subdued despite the sellout crowd of nearly 24,000: quite a contrast with the rock festival atmosphere at Serena Williams’s night singles matches in this year’s tournament as she has made a stirring run to the third round in her farewell U.S. Their careers have been so routinely cinematic, full of surprise twists and revivals, that a straightforward opening-round defeat seems out of place in the story arc. But at Serena’s request, they put the band back together in New York. Though the evening did not deliver the anticipated enchantment (unless you were Czech), it was not entirely bereft of pomp and circumstance. It came quickly after the Williamses had succeeded in rallying from a 1-4 deficit in the second set to get back to 4-4.

The 23-time Grand Slam champion staved off five match points to prolong the three-hours-plus proceedings, but could not do more, and was eliminated from the ...

Williams suffered a third-round loss to Ajla Tomljanovic at the US Open; 40-year-old is expected to retire from competitive tennis, having won 23 Grand Slam ...

Serena Williams went from learning tennis on public courts in a notorious American gangland neighborhood to becoming a superstar for a generation and ...

By Emmanuel Okogba. Serena Williams is out of this year's US Open and probably her last outing after a three set loss to Australian, Ajla Tomljanovic in the ...

Tennis legend, Serena Williams, has hinted that she has played her last game after losing to Ajla Tomljanovic in the third round of the US Open.

Emotions full ground as Serena Williams wave bye-bye to di US Open - and her ogbonge career - afta she lose to Australia Ajla Tomljanovic on a trilling ...