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Venus Williams loses her doubles match at Guangzhou on the WTA Tour

Venus Williams suffered her first WTA Tour doubles semifinal loss in eight years at the Guangzhou Open, falling to Polina Kuderemetova and Maria Timofeeva 6-4, 6-7 (8), 10-6 in the semifinals on Saturday. The 46-year-old Williams, who was given wild-card entries in both singles and doubles for the WTA 250 tournament, previously lost her singles match to 18-year-old Austrian player Lilli Tagger 6-2, 6-2 on Tuesday. This marks Williams' first overall tour semifinal appearance since 2018 at Indian Wells, California.

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