WASHINGTON.- The tennis players Serene and Venus Williams They will be able to pair up again in doubles after receiving an invitation from the Cincinnati WTA 1000 this month, the last major tournament before the US Open.
The American sisters, who have won 14 titles grand slam in doubles and three Olympic gold medals, they last played together in doubles in the 2022 US Open.
On Monday they received an invitation to participate in the hard court competition, in which Venus Williams, 46, will also play in singles.
Other main draw invites in the women’s category include 2017 US Open winner, Sloane Stephensand his fellow Americans Taylor Townsend, Caroline Dolehide and Elvina Kalieva.
Serena Williams, 23-time Grand Slam champion, fell in the first round of singles last Wimbledon in his first singles match in four years.
The 44-year-old tennis player had previously played two doubles matches, but a knee injury forced her to cancel her plans to play alongside Venus at Wimbledon.
Serena last played in Cincinnati in 2022, when she lost to the British Emma Raducanu. He won the singles trophy twice, in 2014 and 2015.
Other invitations to the singles tournament, which will be held from August 8 to 23, went to the Czech Darja Vidmanová and the french Lois Boisson.
Eala wins her first WTA title
The Filipino Alexandra Eala, one of the emerging figures of tennis, won her first professional title by beating the American this Monday Jessica Pegula in the tournament final Washington WTA 500.
Eala, 21 years old, started losing in a crash that began on Sunday and lasted until Monday due to the rains. But he turned the score around with a 4-6, 6-4 and 6-0 on the hard court of the American capital.
The Filipino left-hander bagged her first crown on the circuit in one hour and 45 minutes of net play, not counting the interruption due to bad weather.
