Overview

• Serena Williams said on The Today Show that she will be cheering for Venus at Flushing Meadows and that she has gotten “really good at muting out the noise” about her own return.
• Serena reiterated that, although she misses the sport, a competitive comeback is not in her current plans.
• Venus Williams received a singles main-draw wild card and teamed with Reilly Opelka in the reintroduced mixed doubles, where they lost their opener to Andrey Rublev and Karolina Muchova 4-2, 5-4.
• The two-time US Open champion is slated to open her singles campaign on August 24 against Karolína Muchová.
• Venus resumed competition in July after a long layoff, winning her first match in Washington and discussing past health challenges, including Sjögren’s syndrome and fibroid surgery.