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Venus Williams volition not play successful the women's doubles astatine the French Open alongside Hailey Baptiste. They withdrew connected Thursday (May 28, 2026) and nary crushed was fixed by organisers.
But Baptiste was forced to discontinue during her second-round singles against Wang Xiyu connected Wednesday (May 27) aft landing awkwardly connected her near limb precocious successful the archetypal set.
The Americans were replaced by Eudice Chong and Veronika Rejvec successful the draw.
Williams, who turns 46 adjacent month, was a singles wild-card introduction astatine the Australian Open. She mislaid successful the archetypal circular and became the oldest pistillate to vie successful an Australian Open singles main draw.
A seven-time large singles winner, Williams antecedently held the No. 1 ranking successful singles and doubles.
Williams mislaid the French Open singles last to younger sister Serena successful 2002 and they doubly won the French Open doubles together, successful 1999 and 2010.
