Venus Williams continues to prove that there is more to tennis than larger numbers in age and smaller numbers in rankings which accompany your name.

The 45-year-old Williams and her playing partner, 22-year-old Canadian Leylah Fernandez, defeated the sixth-seeded team of Lyudmyla Kichenok of Ukraine and Ellen Perez of Australia, 7-6 (4), 6-3 in a match which was moved from the Grandstand court to the cavernous — and raucous — Louis Armstrong Stadium.

Perhaps the sixth seeds were fooled by the No. 582 next to Venus' name in the women's doubles rankings. But one half of the one of the best women's doubles team ever to get their racquets strung demonstrated that she can compete at the highest level.

Williams and Fernandez fell behind 502 in the first set but earned the break back in the ni

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