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NEW YORK — Venus Williams isn’t letting her age or anything else, for that matter, get in her way of trying to take home a 15th Grand Slam doubles title, and with three more victories, she will head back to the podium.
Williams and her partner Leylah Fernandez are on to the quarterfinals after beating the No. 12 seeds Ekaterina Alexandrova and Shuai Zhang 6-3, 6-4 in front of a frenzied Louis Armstrong Stadium.
The road gets tougher, though, as the duo could take on No. 1 seed Taylor Townsend and Katerina Siniakova, who won Wimbledon in 2024 and this year’s Australian Open, if they make it past their third-round matchup later against Camila Osorio and Yue Yuan.
Each of Williams’ 14 doubles titles has been with her sister Serena, with whom she also won three Olympic gold medals.
For the 45-year-old Williams, it is her first doubles quarterfinal appearance at a Grand Slam since 2016, when she and Serena won their sixth Wimbledon championship.
Teaming with the 22-year-old Fernandez from Canada, who was a 2021 US Open finalist, has Williams back in the spotlight after she took a 16-month hiatus before returning to the sport this summer.
The praise didn’t stop there when Williams called Fernandez “the best doubles partner” she has had outside of her sister Serena.
But Venus also had a message for her younger sister before her quarterfinal match.
“She’s given us advice, and we just need her in the box. So, my message is, Serena, you need to show up,” Williams said while laughing.
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