Serena and Venus Williams will team up in doubles at the US Open – El Financiero

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Serena and Venus Williams will team up in doubles at the US Open – El Financiero

calm And Venus Williams They earned the Wild Card qualification to play doubles at the US Open, their first tournament as a team in more than four years.

Serena announced this month that she is preparing to end her football career, and while she hasn’t said it outright, she has hinted that the US Open will be her last.

Serena, who turns 41 in June, and Venus, who turns 42 in June, have won 14 Grand Slam titles, including the US Open in 1999 and 2009.

Individually, they have won 30 major trophies: 23 for Serena and seven for Venus.

The last time they played as a team in doubles, they lost in the third round of 2018 French Open.

Since then, Serena has played in two doubles events, one with Caroline Wozniacki in January 2020 and another with Anas Jaber in June of this year.

Serena Williams and the high costs of the US Open

According to Bloomberg data, US Open attendees should be willing to pay at least 10 percent more than last year for food at a Grand Slam event.

Ticket prices for sporting events rose about 5 percent in July from the previous month, the largest rise since October 2021, according to the Labor Department.

The benefit it can have Williams’ last big tournament Ticket sales are up 40 percent, according to StubHub. While average ticket prices are up 60 percent from last year, they have nearly doubled in the women’s semifinals, according to Gametime, another ticket seller.

Additionally, local hotels charge between $81 and $519 per night for first-round games, with some exceeding $700 per night over Labor Day weekend, when rounds three and four are played.

With information from AP and Bloomberg

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