EmailPrintNEW YORK -- 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.This was only the second major doubles match where the Williams sisters played a deciding-set tiebreak; the first was the third round of the 2009 French Open.Serena came back to tennis this year at 44. Venus has continued to play on tour at 46.ESPN Research and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
