Serena Williams and Venus Williams are slated to rekindle their doubles partnership at Wimbledon, although details of their first-round match are still “to be arranged”.
With a combined age of 90, the tennis legends are set to play their first match together in four years against Solana Sierra and Camilla Osorio. Serena returned to singles on Tuesday, but injured her knee in a defeat to Maya Joint.
As a result, Serena and Venus were not scheduled to play on Thursday or Friday, the first two days of women’s doubles play, but are now scheduled to play at some point after 4:30pm BST. Together, Serena and Venus have won 14 grand slam titles in doubles, including six at Wimbledon.
The return of two of the sport’s champions highlights Saturday’s play at Wimbledon. But elsewhere, Arthur Fery, the last British player left standing in the singles, takes on Zizou Bergs looking to extend his run to the fourth round.
Defending champion Iga Swiatek plays rising star Alexandra Eala, while there’s an all-American clash between last year’s runner-up Amanda Anisimova and former grand slam champion Madison Keys.
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British wildcard Arthur Fery bids to continue his Wimbledon run while champion Iga Swiatek faces Alexandra Eala on Centre Court on day six of the Championships.
Fery, 23, had opted to remain on Court 18 for the first third round grand slam clash of his career against Belgium’s Zizou Bergs. Fery is the last British player left standing in the singles draws.
On Centre Court, Swiatek will play rising star Eala, from the Philippines, before last year’s runner-up Amanda Anisimova plays former Australian Open champion Madison Keys in an all-American clash.
Alexander Zverev, Taylor Fritz and Alex De Minaur are the top men’s seeds in action, while two players looking to spark a resurgence, in Matteo Berrettini and Grigor Dimitrov, also meet on Centre.
Serena Williams and Venus Williams are included in the order of play, but their doubles match has not yet been assigned a court, with further details still “to be arranged”.
Serena Williams was an injury doubt due to a knee injury
Serena Williams lost a thrilling encounter with 20-year-old Maya Joint 6-3 6-7 6-3 late on Tuesday night on Centre Court, putting up a valiant fight before fading in the third set, in her first singles match in four years.
The nearly two-and-a-half hour match, which ended at 10pm local time, brought an early end to a much-anticipated singles comeback at the grand slam where she won seven of her 23 major titles.
She did not take part in the obligatory post-match press conference and it later emerged that this was due to her picking up a knee issue during the match, which required lengthy treatment from the physio.
When is Serena Williams playing doubles at Wimbledon with sister Venus?
Serena Williams could play doubles with her sister Venus Williams at Wimbledon on Saturday with their match appearing on Saturday’s order of play as “to be arranged”.
Williams, 44, emerged as an injury doubt after “tweaking her knee” during Tuesday night’s defeat to Maya Joint on Centre Court, and was not scheduled to play on Friday – the second and last day of the opening round of the women’s doubles tournament.
Wimbledon have allowed Williams time to recover, however, and Saturday’s order of play has the Williams sisters to play from at least 4:30pm. They have not been assigned a court, however.
