{
  "id": 1420741,
  "title": "Just how rare is Cincinnati Open doubles for Serena-Venus Williams?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/just-how-rare-is-cincinnati-open-doubles-for-serena-venus-williams",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-17T04:15:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/just-rare-cincinnati-open-doubles-041551495.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Cincinnati Open tennis tournament has a unique feature this year, as it will see Serena and Venus Williams, the legendary doubles partners, play together in the doubles event for the first time in 10 years. The Williams sisters, who have combined 86 Grand Slam titles between them, will face off against Cincinnati native Peyton Stearns and Marta Kostyuk in the night session on Grandstand on August 17. This marks a rare occasion for the sisters to share the same side of the court at a WTA1000 event, which is one notch below a Grand Slam tournament. The Williams' doubles appearance at the Cincinnati Open will be their first since Wimbledon in 2022, and their first match together since their loss to Venus in the US Open back in 2014. The sisters have had a checkered past in doubles, with Venus struggling to find success recently after suffering a string of consecutive losses.",
  "summary": "A blockbuster tandem typically reserved for Grand Slams, Venus and Serena Williams will team up in a rare appearance at the Cincinnati Open.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}