New York (AP) – Venus Williams is in the Our open Ladies Double quarterfinals with Leylah Fernandez and now wants her old partner to come back. She says it’s time for Serena Williams to come and watch a competition.
Williams made the plea for her younger sister and then appear She and Fernandez Defeat the 12th-placed duo of Ekaterina Alexandrova and Zhang Shuai with 6-3, 6-4 in their third round game Monday for a capacity-mixing in Louis Armstrong Stadium.
“She is so happy for Leylah and I, and she gave us advice,” said Williams. “We just need her in the box. So my message is:” Serena, you have to show up. “
Williams and Fernandez play against the top -placed team of Taylor Townsend and Katerina Siniakova.
The Williams sisters together won 14 large championships. Even if Serena chooses not to be present, she certainly looks.
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“She gave me a pep talk and made sure I called myself today. I had:” You are right. I have it. I have it, “said Venus.
“She definitely coaches from far away. She is so excited. She gets so nervous and she has the children looking. They are all at home, just really on our side.”
Venus said she was sent a video of her two nieces watching the game and shouted her name.
Williams and Fernandez had only played together last week when they received a wildcard entry In the field during the Grand Slam tournament. They are now 3-0 And have not lost any set in the process.
“We have the same wavelength and hopefully we can keep it going,” said Williams.
With the stands packed in Armstrong and a waiting time to see Williams and Fernandez, the 45-year-old American and 22-year-old Canadian only needed an hour and 14 minutes to continue.
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“I have full faith in Venus and I hope she has full faith in me during our match,” Fernandez said. “We just go outside, play our game: be offensive, aggressive and ready for the ball.”
Venus has called Fernandez her best partner than Serena. She joked that Serena had no advice for Fernandez, the 2021 US Open Runner-Up in Singles.
“So I think you play perfectly,” Williams told her partner during their press conference.
Serena has not played since the US Open 2022. If she returns to Flushing Meadows, it sounds like Venus would expect she would take a racket with her.
“If she came, it would be a dream for both of us and we would coach her at the court,” said Venus. “We would force her to hit her, although she does not touch often. It is probably the best that she would not come because we would probably bully her.”
