Aug 29, 2014; New York City, NY, U.S.A.; General view of Louis Armstrong Stadium prior to the Venus and Serena Williams (U.S.A.) doubles match on day 5 of the 2014 United state Open tennis competition at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Necessary Credit History: Susan Mullane-Imagn Images Venus Williams remains to show that there is more to tennis than larger numbers in age and smaller numbers in rankings which accompany your name.
The 45 -year-old Williams and her having fun companion, 22 -year-old Canadian Leylah Fernandez, defeated the sixth-seeded group of Lyudmyla Kichenok of Ukraine and Ellen Perez of Australia, 7 – 6 (4, 6 – 3 in a match which was moved from the Grandstand court to the cavernous– and rowdy– Louis Armstrong Stadium.
Possibly the 6th seeds were fooled by the No. 582 beside Venus’ name in the ladies’s doubles positions. However one half of the among the very best women’s doubles team ever before to obtain their racquets strung demonstrated that she can contend at the highest degree.
Williams and Fernandez fell back 502 in the very first collection but earned the break back in the ninth game and compelled the set to a tie-breaker. With the tiebreaker at 4 – 4, Williams and Fernandez won the last 3 factors.
The new duo damaged at love in the second game of the set, warded off 2 break factors in the next game and just shed one point in their final three solutions games to advance to the 2nd round.
The wild-card access only committed 10 spontaneous errors while their opponents amounted to 16
Williams had high praise for Fernandez after the suit. And some levity. “She’s the very best partner I ever before had fun with besides (sis) Serena (Williams). We play the very same design. I’m just a little bit larger.”
Venus and Serena Williams won 14 Grand Slam increases titles, consisting of a set (1999, 2009 at the united state Open.
Wednesday’s suit was the initial doubles competitors in a major for Venus because the 2022 United State Open in Serena’s goodbye to affordable tennis.
“I do not believe we can be found in with a plan,” Fernandez stated after the match. “We tried to figure points out initially. Venus said the most outstanding method throughout the transition, ‘Bring the power up’– It was an excellent atmosphere.”
The duo will encounter unseeded Ulrikke Eikeri of Norway and Eri Hozumi of Japan in the round of 32
— Field Level Media