World's 2 former No. 1 tennis players Serena Williams and Carolina Wozniacki made their debut for the first time by pairing. The 23-time Grand Slam champions Serena and Carolina defeated Nao Hibino and Mikoto Ninomiya of Japan 6–2, 6–4 in the first round of the ASB Classic tournament. The match was historical and poignant. Both have won 24 Grand Slam and 102 WTA singles titles. Apart from this, Serena has also won 23 doubles titles including 13 Grand Slams. Along with his elder sister Venus, he has also won 3 Olympic gold medals.
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According to the information, Serena did not play doubles after 2015 with any other than Venus. In the WTA tournament, for the first time after 2002, she went into a doubles match with no other player except Venus. Jah Wozniacki's first doubles match in the last 3 years.
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It is also notable that Wozniacki became the first player in the world to pair in duets with both Williams sisters. Prior to this, Wozniacki played doubles with Venus in 2008 and both also won the title, where both had a strong desire to pair in doubles and their wish was fulfilled on Monday. They are also very good friends.
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