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Venus Williams is in the second round of the mixed doubles with her partner Jamie Murray.
It was the victory for Williams in the battle between the two Venus’s at Wimbledon on Friday evening (Saturday Dutch time).
In one of the most standout mixed doubles matches at Wimbledon since Serena Williams and Andy Murray teamed in 2019, their siblings, Venus and Jamie, defeated Michael Venus and Alicja Rosolska 6-3 6-7 6-3 in a match that was just more than two and a half minutes.
It took place in front of about 10,000 people on the No. 1 track, almost all of them came to see the five-time Wimbledon champion in singles as it could have been her last ever appearance at the tournament.
However, the 42-year-old will grace one of the big courts at her favorite tournament at least once after this win.
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More journalists attended this match than Cameron Norrie’s clash against Steve Johnson on Center Court, which took place at the same time, is the star attraction of Venus. That is the female Venus.
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Michael Venus and Alicja Rosolska lost an exciting match in three sets on the number 1 track.
It was a match that no one wanted Venus and Rosolska to win unless they were Kiwi or Pole, but they all enjoyed an entertaining match nonetheless.
In the third game Williams defeated Venus while continuing to serve and in the next game Williams and Murray went after Rosolska’s serve, which is clearly the weakest part of her game.
They got the peace they needed to lead 3-1 and held on to take the opening set in 39 minutes.
Rosolska was broken again in her first service game of the second set, but Williams dropped her service in the next game.
At 5-5, the pressure came on Rosolska to hold on and she fell 30-40 behind, but she and Venus dug their way out of a rough patch and went on to win the tiebreak 7-3.
Before the third set could begin and the lights went out, the roof closed and not long after it slammed, Rosolska was broken in her first service game for the third set in a row.
That was all her opponents needed for the win, keeping Williams’ hopes alive for her first mixed doubles win at Wimbledon.