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Unlikely pair Venus Williams, Leylah Fernandez bring 'so much joy' to crowds at U.S. Open

One might say we needed this.

In a tournament marked by epic player meltdowns, a raucous audience and a grown man grabbing a hat from a child, the unlikely partnership of a 45-year-old tennis icon and 22-year-old Canadian up-and-comer has captured the hearts of U.S. Open crowds.

Tennis legend Venus Williams and young Canadian star Leylah Fernandez had not played together until last week, when they received a wild-card entry into the field at the Grand Slam tournament. 

They are now 3-0 — having not lost a set in the process — and are set to play in the quarterfinals today.

On social media, fans have called them "the dream team we did not expect but we deserve."

"It's a feel-good story," Tom Tebbutt, a tennis journalist based in Toronto and member of the Canadian Tennis Hall of Fame, told CBC News.

There's the 23-year age difference, Tebbutt noted, and their height difference, with Fernandez being 5-6 and Williams towering over her at 6-1.

But on top of that, there's the fact that Williams has 14 Grand Slam doubles titles with her sister, Serena, and has been competing at the U.S. Open for nearly three decades. Fernandez, who hails from Laval, Que., is by comparison, at least, relatively new to the the U.S. Open after her storybook breakout in 2021.

"It's just a great juxtaposition of players at opposite ends of their careers," Tebbutt said. "As players, Venus still has lots of power, especially on the forehand side, and Leylah is an eager jitterbug covering a lot of court with loads of moxie."

Venus Williams and Canadian Leylah Fernandez become tennis’s most-hyped pair

Williams and Fernandez will play today against the top-seeded team of Taylor Townsend and Katerina Siniakova.

Townsend, you may recall, was recently in

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