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We’ve talked plenty about Serena’s likely retirement after the US Open, but is this the last time we see Venus? She is, after all, the older sister and has barely played in the last year because of injury. When she lost to Alison van Uytvanck in the first-round of the singles here in New York she was asked about her future and merely said: “Right now I’m just focused on the doubles.”
Amid Serena’s brilliance it’s easy to forget just how good Venus has been down the years. This was her 91st appearance in a major singles event, a record in the Open era. She also won Wimbledon five times, trailing only Martina Navratilova (nine), Serena (seven) and Steffi Graf (seven). Oh, and her record in Flushing Meadows isn’t bad either: she won the singles title twice in the early 2000s and the doubles twice.