Serena and Venus Williams sisters lose in a match tiebreaker in their return to the US Open

Kena Betancur/AFP/Getty Images

Serena and Venus Williams are out of the US Open women’s doubles after losing in a match tiebreaker.

The sisters blew a 5-0 lead in the 10-point tiebreaker and lost 6-3, 6-7 (6), 7-6 (10-7) on Friday night to Hao-Ching Chan and Maya Joint.

It was the first US Open match since 2022 at the Grand Slam tournament the sisters won twice. They pulled out the second set in a tiebreaker, battled back from 4-1 down in the third set to tie it, but then faltered late.

Serena came back to tennis this year at 44. Venus has continued to play on tour at 46.

Matthew Stockman/Getty Images

The tears that might make Novak Djokovic reconsider his tennis future

Perhaps it was their ages, could have been Serena’s long layoff, or maybe it was nerves. But both double-faulted during the tiebreaker after they had played so brilliantly late in the third set and then in the first few points of the tiebreaker.

Serena ended up losing to Joint for the second time this summer. She fell to the Australian in three sets at Wimbledon in her return to singles play , and she and Venus then had to pull out of their doubles match after Serena hurt her knee.

That delayed their return until New York, where they won in 1999 and 2009 and are now 27-8 in their 10 appearances.

基纳·贝坦库尔/法新社/盖蒂图片社

小威廉姆斯和维纳斯·威廉姆斯在美网女双比赛中抢七大战失利，遗憾出局。

周五晚上，这对姐妹在 10 分制的抢七局中以 5-0 领先，最终以 6-3、6-7 (6)、7-6 (10-7) 输给了 Hao-Ching Chan 和 Maya Joint。

这是自2022年以来，这对姐妹首次在美网公开赛上亮相，她们曾两次赢得这项大满贯赛事的冠军。她们在第二盘抢七局中胜出，在第三盘1-4落后的情况下奋起直追扳平比分，但最终还是功亏一篑。

塞雷娜今年44岁重返网坛。维纳斯46岁高龄仍在巡回赛上征战。

马修·斯托克曼/盖蒂图片社

或许会让诺瓦克·德约科维奇重新考虑他的网球生涯的泪水

或许是因为年龄，或许是因为小威长时间没有比赛，又或许是因为紧张。但两人在第三盘后半段以及抢七局开局的几个关键分中都发挥出色，却都出现了双误。

这个夏天，塞雷娜第二次输给了乔恩特。她在温布尔登重返单打赛场，三盘不敌这位澳大利亚选手。之后，塞雷娜膝盖受伤，她和维纳斯不得不退出双打比赛。

这使得他们重返纽约的时间推迟了，他们在 1999 年和 2009 年赢得了冠军，目前在 10 次参赛中取得了 27 胜 8 负的战绩。