Williams' Us Open Dream Ends In Last Eight

US Open 2025

Venue: Flushing Meadows, New York Dates: 24 August-7 September

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Venus Williams' US Open dream is complete aft she and partner Leylah Fernandez mislaid to apical seeds Taylor Townsend and Katerina Siniakova successful nan women's doubles quarter-finals.

Williams, 45, and her 22-year-old partner had already eliminated 2 seeded pairs en way to nan past 8 and were yet to driblet a group successful nan tournament.

But Townsend and Siniakova, who person won 2 Grand Slams together, proved excessively beardown for nan American-Canadian wildcard pairing, wrapping up a 6-1 6-2 triumph successful 57 minutes.

Williams, who was visibly affectional aft exiting nan singles title successful nan first round, was each smiles arsenic she soaked up nan opinionated ovation from nan crowd.

Both Townsend and Siniakova paid tribute to Williams, calling her an "inspiration" and a "legend".

"Growing up watching Venus and Serena, for maine and my sister, we wanted to beryllium for illustration them. It was an honour to stock nan tribunal pinch her," Townsend said.

"It's a privilege [to play her]," Siniakova added.

On immoderate different day, Townsend, playing astatine her location major, would person been nan crowd favourite.

On Sunday, nan Louis Armstrong Stadium rode each precocious and debased arsenic she spurned 8 lucifer points earlier losing to Barbora Krejcikova successful 3 sets to exit nan women's singles successful nan past 16.

But connected nan aforesaid shape successful nan doubles, she was playing against a partisan crowd.

Williams is, aft all, a four-time champion astatine Flushing Meadows crossed nan formats, winning back-to-back singles titles successful 2000 and 2001 and earning 2 doubles titles alongside sister Serena successful 1999 and 2009.

Across her career, she has fought backmost from wrist and backmost injuries arsenic good arsenic being diagnosed pinch Sjogren's syndrome, an autoimmune illness that causes fatigue.

This was her first quality successful nan past 8 of a Grand Slam since reaching nan semi-finals successful nan singles successful New York successful 2017 and her first doubles quarter-final since winning Wimbledon successful 2016.

But contempt nan raucous reception arsenic she walked connected to court, nan lucifer was one-way traffic.

The apical seeds were relentless, winning 12 of nan first13 points to title into a 3-0 lead.

Their occurrence was met pinch polite, if muted, applause and it was not until nan 4th game, erstwhile Williams rolled backmost nan years pinch a bruising forehand victor disconnected Siniakova's serve, that nan crowd erupted into life.

Williams later held her 2nd work crippled to 15 but Townsend and Siniakova, who only dropped six points connected service passim nan match, had 1 ft successful nan past 4 aft 22 minutes.

The 2nd group proved much competitive, pinch Williams and Fernandez some holding their serves, but pinch their opponents sending down 12 winners and conscionable 2 unforced errors, they could not get a foothold successful nan match.

Townsend and Czech Siniakova, who person yet to driblet a set, will look 4th seeds Veronika Kudermetova and Elise Mertens for a spot successful nan final.