Williams sisters’ US Open return becomes celebration despite exit

Four years after what seemed like their final bow, Serena and Venus Williams transformed a first-round U.S. Open doubles defeat into a celebration of tennis in front of 23,000 adoring fans at Arthur Ashe Stadium on Friday. Australia’s Maya Joint and Taiwan’s Chan Hao-ching emerged with a 6-3 6-7(6) 7-6(10-7) win, but for much of […]