Venus Williams praised Leylah Fernandez's mentality for wanting to win the first women's doubles match, despite a drop of 2-5.
💭 “I feel like we took the same approach when it comes to watching the game. When we beat the game 2-5, neither of us gave up anywhere. We wanted to win the game.
“Our energy does match each other in terms of determination, not giving up, and it’s really still just focusing and dialing everything.
“That's amazing because I've never really played with a partner outside of Serena. So it's really fun and I think we can hopefully keep getting better.”