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Serena Williams considers Olympic mixed doubles

Serena Williams is considering playing mixed doubles at the Rio Olympics after passing on the event at London 2012.

“I would love to. I don’t know, though. That’s a lot of matches. We’ll see,” Williams said ahead of the Australian Open on Saturday.

Williams owns three Olympic doubles titles with older sister Venus Williams and added her first singles gold four years ago. No player has ever won gold in singles, doubles and mixed doubles.

In 2012, it wasn’t announced whether Williams would play mixed doubles until Day Four of the Games themselves, when the U.