While Venus Williams may not have made it past Karolina Muchova in the first round of the singles tournament, she is having a great time playing doubles at the US Open, and is more than happy with her partner, Canada’s Leylah Fernandez. Of course, there’s no replacing the 14x Grand Slam doubles winning partnership she had with her sister Serena. But it’s not like Fernandez has left her wanting for much.

In the post match interview after Williams and Fernandez managed to win over Lyudmyla Kichenok and Ellen Perez in a two set battle that amounted to 7-6, 6-3, Williams was asked to share her thoughts on her 22 year old doubles partner, whom she personally asked to join her for this tournament, and lets just say, Williams had some seriously high praise. “I never really played with

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