Venus Williams and the journey to affirm the longevity in the US

Before the US expanded 2025 to start, Venus only plans for the 25th re -export in the women's singles content thanks to the special capacity and accepted the pair with compatriot Reilly Opelka in the new male - female couple content. 1/8 male - female couple. Since Wimbledon 1998, the US has expanded 2025 as the first Grand Slam that Venus has competed in all three women's singles, women and women's doubles. The world's No. 30 player from the beginning was about to play with Marie Bouzkova, but the Czech player withdrew from injury. Leylah really wanted to compete in double content and her team urgently found a replacement. That was when her father and coach, Jorge Fernandez, came up with a bold idea. She did not have Venus's phone number, so they had to ask acquaintances to ask whether the elder player wanted to play a couple. Leylah received a response at about 22:30 that Venus agreed.

Leylah described the moment of receiving the call as a child on Christmas: "I could not stop laughing all night and even the next morning. I am extremely happy and excited " The Canadian player extends three sets, making it impossible to implement. However, they had a short training session before entering the match the next day.

"Incidentally " in the journey until now of the old and young couple has not stopped there. Their troops against the Six Sau Sau Lyudyla Kichenok (Ukraine) and Ellen Perez (Australia) were originally scheduled to take place at the Grandurand Stadium. However, due to the early afternoon schedule of Louis Armstrong, the match was transferred to the second largest yard of Flushing Meadows, and Venus and Leylah's performance were completely worthy of this audience. In the battle, there were moments when Venus launched the serve about 160 km/h that the opponent could not afford it. The time when Leylah closed the match with a serve to eat ace, the young player raised the racket and hugged Venus, the audience at Louis Armstrong stood up and applauded, Venus performed a typical rotation movement, marking his first victory in the American couple's content expanded after 11 years.

Battle. "At about 22:00 pm. I thought 'I was not very good at the content of the couple'. But it was fun to play in front of all the audience here". While Leylah is still looking for the first Grand Slam title in both single and double content. With the combination of experience and youth, Venus and Leylah went from surprise to surprise, quickly became one of the most attractive stories in the tournament. Absolutely in set two. Venus and Leylah then accelerated, winning convincingly 7-1 in this series thanks to the strong game of the American tennis player and the exact shots from the end of the Canadian player's yard. Taking advantage of the victory, they soon broke the serve in the second set and maintained the advantage, closed the game after just over 90 minutes.

After the match, Leylah took a delicate action when giving the stage to the senior, signaling the 45 -year -old player to go out in the middle of the yard to perform the rotation and waving typical hands. Later, Venus also responded by letting the junior perform the same movement before the enthusiastic cheering of the Louis Armstrong audience.

    Venus Williams and the journey to affirm the longevity in the US

"Venus is really an inspiration ", Leylah said after the match. "She has motivated me to continue this journey, through good and bad times. Seeing Venus continue to play here, enjoying the joy and passion for this sport that really inspires ".

and Venus declares: "Our energy comes from the harmony, determination, not giving up on every detail. Serena - There is such a spirit. 1981.

with Leylah, the player used to the 2021 expansion of the American women's singles, the combination of Venus opened the opportunity for her to go deep in the tournament, after having to stop in the third round of the female player in the world number one world Sabalenka. The couple need four more victories to win the female couple. No matter what the results, fans are still enjoying every moment that this unknown couple - especially Venus - brought in Flushing Meadows this year.