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Serena Williams and Sloane Stephens will return to WTA tennis in the inaugural edition of the Top Seed Open presented by Bluegrass Orthopedics beginning August 10.
By WTA staff
LEXINGTON, KY, USA – The inaugural edition of the Top Seed Open presented by Bluegrass Orthopedics will have at least two US Open champions on the field.
Announced by the tournament on Thursday, Serena Williams and Sloane Stephens will compete in the world-class event in Lexington, Kentucky, which begins on August 10.
Last week, WTA CEO Steve Simon confirmed the addition of two events, Lexington and the Prague Open in the Czech Republic, to the provisional tour schedule, which is expected to will resume the week of August 3 at the 31st Palermo Ladies Open in Italy.
Read more: WTA adds two events to 2020 provisional tour schedule
The event will be Williams’ first game since helping the US team defeat Latvia at the Fed Cup in Everett, Washington, in February, where she defeated Jelena Ostapenko and was beaten by Anastasija Sevastova.
The 23-time Grand Slam champion had previously confirmed her intentions to pursue a 24th Grand Slam title at the US Open in August, saying she “can’t wait” to return to Flushing Meadows.
Read more: Serena is excited to return to New York for the US Open 2020
Stephens’ last touring game was a second-round loss against Canadian teenager Leylah Annie Fernández at the GNP Seguros Open in Monterrey, Mexico, in March, just days before the coronavirus pandemic forced professional tennis.
However, the 2017 US Open champion was among the 16 WTA stars who competed in a non-WTA exhibition event, Credit One Bank Invitational, in Charleston, SC in June.
The event is scheduled to take place at the Top Seed Tennis Club from August 10-17.
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