While Williams and the 22-year-old Fernandez are playing in their first tournament together, the chemistry is already there.

Venus Williams and Leylah Fernandez reached the women’s doubles quarterfinals at the US Open, defeating the 12th-seeded duo of Ekaterina Alexandrova and Zhang Shuai 6-3, 6-4 in their third-round matc...

Victory for Williams, who lost in the first round of the singles to Karolina Muchova, means the 45-year-old is also through to her first grand slam quarter-final since 2017.