Venus and Serena together again as a doubles team!

With an eye on the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, Serena and Venus Williams are entered in women’s doubles at the French Open — their first Grand Slam tournament as a team since 2014.

In the doubles draw for Roland Garros, announced Sunday, the sisters will open against Jelena Ostapenko and Yulia Putintseva.

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The Williams-Williams pairing has not appeared in a bracket at a major since the U.S. Open two years ago. They hadn’t played together anywhere since then until this month at the Italian Open, where they lost their first match.

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The American siblings already have won three gold medals in doubles, at the 2000, 2008 and 2012 Summer Games. They also own 13 Grand Slam titles as a pair, most recently at Wimbledon in 2012.

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