NEW YORK – Venus Williams’ first grand slam match for 2 years ended on Tuesday when she and Leylah Fernandez misplaced to the top-seeded duo of Taylor Townsend and Katerina Siniakova within the US Open Ladies’s Doubles quarterfinals to the top-seeded duo of 6-1, 6-2.
When the match ended 56 minutes later at Louis Armstrong Stadium, Williams walked over to the online to shake fingers with Senior Kova and hugged Townsend. Hundreds of spectators rose to provide Williams a standing ovation. Townsend and Senior Kova then joined in, praising Williams.
“For me and my sister, rising up watching Venus and (her sister) Serena,” Townsend instructed the gang. “It was an honor to share the courtroom at present.”
Seniorkova known as Williams “legend” and stated it was “privilege” to play towards her.
45-year-old Williams beforehand got here out within the first spherical of each singles and succumbed to Karolina Muchova in three units – and completed combined doubles. She had completed the competitors for 16 months earlier than returning to play in a match in Washington in July. Her most up-to-date main match was the 2023 US Open.
“What I am most pleased with is that getting out of the bench is not simple. It wasn’t actually, and I’ve by no means had a layoff that lengthy. It introduced new challenges that I wasn’t ready for thus some ways. “Perhaps I did not get there this time, however I do know who I’m and I do know I can work if I get just a little likelihood.”
She wasn’t positive about plans for the long run, however she made it sound like she was planning to play once more.
Fernandez, 22, from Canada, was a 2021 singles rechner up in New York, stated:
Williams and Fernandez acquired wildcard entries from the American Tennis Affiliation and didn’t lose units within the first three matches of their workforce’s debut.
At the moment ranked primary in doubles, Townsend is an skilled duo who gained Wimbledon and the Australian Open in 2024. Siniakova has gained a complete of 10 Grand Slam titles in girls’s doubles.
After all, Williams holds 14 Grand Slam titles in girls’s doubles together with Serena, who left the skilled tour in 2022.
The older Williams brothers gained seven main singles championships and two extra main doubles in combined doubles.
She was the oldest participant in singles draw on the US Open since 1981.
Townsend’s time on Flushing Meadows continues with feminine doubles after changing eight match factors within the fourth spherical of Barbora Krejcikova and being knocked out of the one.
“It was a troublesome sport, however in the long run I left all the pieces on the courtroom, and that was the one factor I and my workforce might ask for,” Townsend stated. “I actually really feel like such a match defines moments and alternatives. You may both go up or down.”
Townsend was additionally within the highlight for a tense postmatch change of phrases with Jelena Ostapenko after the singles match.
Within the doubles semi-finals, Townsend and Senior Kova meet fourth seeded, Veronica Kudametova and Elise Mertens. The opposite semi-finals are Sarah Elerani and Jasmine Paolini, the second towards the third Gabriella Dabrowski and Erin Rootliff.
Kudermetova and Mertens gained Wimbledon final month. Errani and Paolini gained the French Open in June.
