Overview

• Williams and Fernandez advanced with a 7-6(1), 6-1 win over Ulrikke Eikeri and Eri Hozumi on Saturday.
• They opened their campaign by upsetting No. 6 seeds Lyudmyla Kichenok and Ellen Perez in the first round.
• The run is Williams’ first appearance in the last 16 of a major since the 2018 French Open.
• They next face the winners of Ekaterina Alexandrova and Shuai Zhang versus Katie Boulter and Sonay Kartal for a quarterfinal spot.
• Williams returned to competition in July, exited the US Open singles in the first round to No. 11 seed Karolina Muchova, and hailed Fernandez as her best doubles partner outside Serena as Serena reacted on social media.