On any other day, Townsend, playing at her home major, would have been the crowd favourite. On Sunday, the Louis Armstrong Stadium rode every high and low as she spurned eight match points before losing to Barbora Krejcikova in three sets to exit the women’s singles in the last 16. But on the same stage in the doubles, she was …
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Leylah Fernandez is part of one of the biggest stories at the US Open this year, despite no longer being in the singles draw. Fernandez is partnering Venus Williams in the US Open doubles event, and they have made a very successful start to their partnership. With there being a 24 year difference in age, Williams has been offering advice …
Read More »Venus Williams isn’t done yet at the US Open. Williams and her playing partner, 22-year-old Canadian Leylah Fernandez, secured a 6-3, 6-4 upset of 12th-seeded duo Zhang Shuai and Ekaterina Alexandrova on Monday in the third round of doubles play at the US Open. They’ll now advance to the quarterfinals, three wins away from a Grand Slam title. Advertisement For …
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American Jessica Pegula had to dig deep to beat Victoria Azarenka in the US Open third round and keep alive her hopes of winning a career-first Grand Slam on home soil. In a 6-1 7-5 victory, 2024 finalist Pegula cruised through the first set before former world number one Azarenka fought back valiantly despite struggling with a leg injury. Meanwhile, …
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Perhaps the biggest insult for the visitors was that the first half was still going on when Chelsea finally broke through. They were into the ninth minute of added time when João Pedro leapt to make it 1-0 and the Fulham head coach, Marco Silva, began to make peace with the realisation that the footballing Gods were not on his …
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