If Venus and Serena Williams want to represent the U.S. in their hometown at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games, that door appears to be open.In an announcement of the tennis event Thursday, World Tennis, the sport’s international governing body, said that it would award six spots to players who don’t qualify either through their world ranking, or through the other metrics of qualifying unique to the Games. Four of those spots will go to the winners of continental tournaments. Two will be reserved for “former Olympic gold medalists or Grand Slam champions.”The Williams sisters, who grew up in Compton, Calif., are both.Serena, 44 played her first singles match in nearly four years at at Wimbledon in June, losing to Maya Joint of Australia, a rising young player, in three sets. She played two doubles matches ahead of Wimbledon and was supposed to play there with Venus, 46, but had to pull out after tweaking her knee during her match against Joint.Why Serena Williams chose Wimbledon to return to playing singlesAva WallaceBoth sisters are expected to play the U.S. Open later this summer, though it’s unclear in which disciplines. Serena has not yet announced any tournament appearances during the North American hard-court swing ahead of the year’s fourth Grand Slam, while Venus will appear at the D.C. Open in Washington next week, playing both singles and doubles, the latter with Alex Eala of the Philippines.