Playing against No. 2 seeds Taylor Townsend and Zhang Shuai, the American duo made it a tight contest but ultimately fell just short 4-6 6-3 6-10 to the second-seeded pair. In the first set, Williams and Baptiste recovered from an early break down - but lost their serve again - and that turned out to be costly in the opener.

Second-seeded Taylor Townsend and Zhang Shuai faced off against Venus Williams and Hailey Baptiste in the women’s doubles quarterfinals of the 2025 Citi DC Open.

As Venus Williams made her case on court, Martina Navratilova followed along from a Miami restaurant -- and couldn’t believe what she was seeing.

Good news arrives for Venus Williams, who has been announced with a wildcard for the upcoming Cincinnati Open, following a notable return to the courts at the DC Open.

After securing a stellar win over Eugenie Bouchard and Clervie Ngounoue in the first round of the Citi Open, Venus Williams and Hailey Baptiste were excited over Kevin Durant casually walking in durin

Ahead of her first-round match in D.C., Venus Williams gave a little wave and twirl tutorial, and explained its unlikely origin story.