{
  "id": 17369661,
  "title": "Venus Williams loses her doubles match at Guangzhou on the WTA Tour",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/venus-williams-loses-her-doubles-match-at-guangzhou-on-the-wta-tour",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-31T08:37:48.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Winnipeg Free Press",
    "slug": "winnipeg-free-press",
    "url": "https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/tennis/2026/10/31/venus-williams-loses-her-doubles-match-at-guangzhou-on-the-wta-tour"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "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.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}