You know that feeling when your favorite underdog team makes an improbable playoff run? That is exactly what Venus Williams and Leylah Fernandez are delivering at the 2025 US Open, and frankly, it is the kind of sports story that makes you remember why you fell in love with tennis in the first place.

At 45 years old, Venus isn’t supposed to be dismantling seeded opponents with a 22-year-old Canadian who wasn’t even born when Williams was already dominating Wimbledon. Yet here we are, watching these two absolutely demolish the 12th-seeded duo of Ekaterina Alexandrova and Zhang Shuai 6-3, 6-4 in front of a packed Louis Armstrong Stadium that was practically vibrating with excitement. Can this dynamic duo keep it going?

The Unlikely Partnership That Is Actually Perfect

Let’s be honest—when

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