Earlier in the tournament, they won as despite the fact they’d never played before. They defeated China’s Jiang Xinyu and Xu Yifan 4-6 6-3 10-7.
“It was nice to play and it was meant to be,” Williams said after the win. “She has great energy – I don’t even know if Serena [Williams] has this energy.”
Boulter gushed praise on Williams and was glad to have teamed up with someone who she had not planned to play with this week.
“Everyone came out here for an absolute icon,” Boulter said.
“I had nerves coming in this morning but you [Venus] calmed me down in the warm-up. We just enjoyed it. We had the mindset of going out with a smile on our face.”
Williams was also happy to give her new teammate advice after she got married herself last year. Boulter will get married to fellow tennis star Alex de Minaur later this year.
“I don’t know if she’s taking my advice,” said Williams. “I hope she does. My only tip for her is to take your time, you don’t get that moment back and you’ve just got to enjoy it fully and take some days off.”
But today it was flashes of brilliance but also a pretty comfortable win for Hsieh and Kenin who surged through 6-4, 6-4 in Madrid. Will Boulter and Williams team up again? Time will tell but no doubt a week that Boulter won’t ever forget.