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Serena and Venus already know their opponents in the doubles at Cincinnati

Fernando Murciego - 15 Aug 2026
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Serena and Venus Williams have already met their first opponents in the Cincinnati doubles.

Serena and Venus Williams will once again share the court at the WTA 1000 Cincinnati 2026. The American sisters have received an invitation to participate in the doubles draw and, just a few minutes ago, both discovered that they will debut against Marta Kostyuk and Peyton Stearns in the first round. Without a doubt, one of the most anticipated matches of the first round.

This will be the first time since the US Open 2022 that Serena and Venus play an official doubles match together. That was the last occasion they shared the court before their careers took different paths. Four years later, they reunite as a team in a setting that promises huge excitement, although it remains to be seen if the theory translates into practice.

A historic partnership that reunites its forces

The comeback also comes at a special moment for both. Serena has returned this summer to compete after several years away from the circuit, while Venus continues to extend her professional career at 46 years old. However, the elder of the Williams sisters has been struggling, accumulating a total of 14 consecutive losses, but this is another topic that we will address in a different article.

Cincinnati will allow us to recover an image that was once common and has now become an event. Kostyuk and Stearns will try to prevent the match from becoming merely a celebration, with the opportunity to face one of the most decorated pairs in tennis history.

Serena and Venus have together won 14 Grand Slam titles, in addition to three Olympic gold medals. Their last match as a pair ended in defeat in New York, but the outcome of this new chapter will be almost secondary. Fortunately, Cincinnati will allow us to see once again an image that seemed to belong to the past, that of the Williams sisters together again with a court ahead of them.

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