Venus Williams loses Guangzhou doubles semifinal after eight years
Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 31 Oct, 09:20 · Archive
Venus Williams lost her first WTA Tour semifinal in eight years in Guangzhou doubles on Saturday.
Venus Williams, 46, and her Indonesian playing partner Janice Tjen lost to Polina Kuderemetova and Maria Timofeeva 6-4, 6-7 (8), 10-6 in the Guangzhou Open doubles semifinals on Saturday. It marked Williams' first WTA Tour doubles semifinal appearance since the 2016 Rio Olympics and Wimbledon, and her first overall tour semifinal since 2018 at Indian Wells, California.
Williams competed under wild-card entries in both singles and doubles at the WTA 250 tournament in Guangzhou. She lost in singles on Tuesday to teenager Lilli Tagger, an 18-year-old Austrian player born in 2008, the year Williams won the last of her seven Grand Slam singles titles at Wimbledon.
Now ranked No. 599 in singles, Williams was playing her first singles match in two months since the U.S. Open, where she lost in the first round to Sofia Kenin. Williams has lost 16 consecutive singles matches on tour.
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- Venus Williams loses her doubles match at Guangzhou on the WTA TourVenus Williams has lost in her first WTA Tour semifinal in eight years.Clickorlando · 31 Oct, 08:33
- Venus Williams loses her doubles match at Guangzhou on the WTA TourVenus Williams has lost in her first WTA Tour semifinal in eight years.News4Jax · 31 Oct, 08:33
In this story: Venus Williams · Janice Tjen · Polina Kuderemetova · Maria Timofeeva · Lilli Tagger · Guangzhou · WTA Tour
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