Williams sisters beaten in entertaining three-set US Open doubles match

[p]The superstar sisters, whose 14 Grand Slam doubles titles include two US Opens, rallied from a break down in the third set and led the deciding 10-point tiebreaker 5-0 but fell [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/williams-s-ttsu68nH/williams-v-M7dojKaa/?mid=Ghw1uDvK"]6-3, 6-7 (6), 7-6 (7)[/a].[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/williams-venus/M7dojKaa/"]Venus[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/williams-serena/ttsu68nH/"]Serena[/a] hadn't played Grand Slam doubles since the 2022 US Open.[/p][p]For Serena Williams, the 23-time Grand Slam singles champion considered by many to be tennis's greatest women's player, it was her first return to the courts of Flushing Meadows since then.[/p][p]The 44-year-old had made a sensational return to major singles play as a Wimbledon wild card four years after "evolving away" from the game.[/p][embed guid="8ce5f16c-f4ea-4d58-b2c1-84cd09e90cc6" url="https://x.com/usopen/status/2096060409253884398?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]At the All-England club she lost to Joint in a Centre Court clash that captured the imagination of both diehard and casual tennis fans.[/p][p]Even that experience didn't prepare Joint for the atmosphere on the cavernous Ashe Stadium.[/p][p]The sisters received a thunderous ovation when they took court, all business in understated white outfits.[/p][p]Every blistering volley and overhead smash from the Americans received raucous cheers, and when they sprinted to the lead in the decisive 10-point tiebreaker the noise was deafening.[/p][p]"[b]The atmosphere was surreal,[/b]" Joint said. "[b]Being able to play aginst such legends of the game is super special.[/b]"[/p][infobox id="3dc51b3a-107f-482b-9173-a97d347ef1b3" /]