Williams could not overcome 27-year-old Magdalena Frech, 6-2, 6-2, in the second round of the tournament on Thursday, July 24. Williams has not won back-to-back matches since 2019. Venus Williams and Hailey Baptiste won their first-round match in doubles play on Monday, but the duo fell short of reaching the third round.

I had to come back for the insurance,” Williams, 45, said this week after beating Peyton Stearns — 22 years her junior — at the Mubadala Citi DC Open in Washington, D.C. “They informed me this year that I’m on COBRA,

Emma Raducanu beats Maria Sakkari to reach final four in Washington ahead of next months US Open; watch Raducanus semi-final at the Mubadala Citi DC Open live on Sky Sports Tennis on Saturday

Britain’s Emma Raducanu reached the brink of her first WTA final since winning the 2021 US Open, ousting Greece’s Maria Sakkari, 6-4, 7-5, on Friday (Saturday in Manila) at the DC Open. And the woman she defeated four years ago in that Flushing Meadows championship match,

On a muggy day with the temperature topping 90 degrees Fahrenheit (32 Celsius), Raducanu took a medical timeout while reeling off the last five games of the match after trailing 5-2 in the second set.