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Venus Williams is into the U.S. Open women’s doubles quarterfinals at the U.S. Open with Leylah Fernandez and now wants her old partner to come back. She says it’s time for Serena Williams to come see a match. Williams made the plea for her younger sister to show up after she and Fernandez beat the 12th-seeded duo of Ekaterina Alexandrova and Zhang Shuai 6-3, 6-4 in their third-round match Monday in front of a capacity crowd at Louis Armstrong Stadium. Williams and Fernandez will play Tuesday against the top-seeded team of Taylor Townsend and Katerina Siniakova. The Williams sisters won 14 major championships together.

Venus Williams won a women’s doubles match at the U.S. Open for the first time in more than a decade. She and partner Leylah Fernandez beat the sixth-seeded pair of Lyudmyla Kichenok and Ellen Perez in straight sets. Getting loud cheers and a standing ovation from fans in a nearly full Louis Armstrong Stadium, Williams and Fernandez rallied from down 5-2 in the first set to win it in a tiebreaker. The wild-card duo of the 45-year-old American and 22-year-old Canadian are set to face Ulrikke Eikeri and Eri Hozumi in the second round.

Venus Williams will compete in women’s doubles at the U.S. Open after receiving a wild-card entry with 2021 singles runner-up Leylah Fernandez. The U.S. Tennis Association announced the news on Tuesday. The 45-year-old Williams is entered in her first Grand Slam tournament in two years after making a comeback to pro tennis last month following 16 months away from the tour. She competed in mixed doubles last week, then in singles on Monday night.