Serena and Venus Williams will play doubles together at the U.S. Open
Serena and Venus Williams are teaming up again at the U.S. Open. The sisters will play doubles at the tournament after receiving a wild card Wednesday into the event they won twice.
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- First observed by CurrentWire: Sportsnet · Aug 26, 2026 at 10:28 AM ET
- Coverage span: 2h 7m
- Coverage: 5 reports from 5 independent publications
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Coverage
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CBC NewsTier A
Serena and Venus Williams will play doubles together at the U.S. Open(opens original report in a new tab)ESPNTier B
Serena, Venus team again for US Open doubles(opens original report in a new tab)Serena and Venus Williams have received a wild card to play doubles at the US Open, an event they won in 1999 and 2009. — ESPN
ABC NewsTier B
Serena and Venus Williams will play doubles together at the US Open(opens original report in a new tab)The GuardianTier B
Serena and Venus Williams will play doubles together at the US Open(opens original report in a new tab)Sisters to appear in New York for first time since 2022 Serena played mixed doubles with Alcaraz on Tuesday Serena and Venus Williams are teaming up again at the US Open. The sisters will play doubles at the tournament… — The Guardian
SportsnetTier B
Serena, Venus Williams will play doubles together at US Open(opens original report in a new tab)Serena and Venus Williams are teaming up again at the US Open. — Sportsnet
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CurrentWire ranked this story 93.6 of 100 in the snapshot this page was rendered from.
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- 34.3 of 35
- Source authority
- 20 of 20
- Coverage breadth
- 14.4 of 20
- Geographic relevance
- 10 of 10
- Story prominence
- 10 of 10
- Velocity
- 5 of 5
Strongest signal: source authority, 20 of 20. How each signal is calculated.
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