Taylor Townsend took a second to ship a really elegant message to Venus Williams, calling the American tennis icon “an icon” and highlighting that she felt “honored” to be on the identical courtroom along with her.
On Tuesday night, spectators on the Louis Armstrong Stadium had an opportunity to observe 45-year-old Williams and her 23 years youthful companion Leylah Fernandez tackle Townsend and Katerina Siniakova within the US Open doubles quarterfinal. On one facet, it was entertaining as a result of the match featured a seven-time Grand Slam champion – former world No. 1 – and some of the iconic gamers in American tennis historical past. The truth that they performed in opposition to the most effective ladies’s doubles duo made it much more intriguing.
Sadly, Williams and Fernandez – who beat two seeded pairs and one unseeded en route to creating the quarterfinal – didn’t handle to make it a aggressive battle as top-seeded Townsend and Siniakova sealed a 6-1 6-2 win.
Townsend to Williams: You and Serena impressed me, at present was an honor
"Rising up watching Venus and [her sister] Serena, for me and my sister, it was an inspiration. It was an honor to share the courtroom at present,” Townsend stated after the match.
Her doubles companion Siniakova added: “It's robust to explain it in phrases, it's a privilege. She is a legend and I actually loved it.”
In the meantime, Williams additionally had an aesthetic post-match message for Townsend and Siniakova as she declared them “an incredible crew.”
“We performed an incredible crew. They’ve been taking part in collectively for years. They've had quite a lot of success. They simply had just a little bit extra time to tug all of it collectively than we did. We want them luck,” the seven-time Grand Slam winner in singles stated.
In the identical presser, the 45-year-old underlined that her profession wasn’t over. Additionally, the American indicated that she’s going to settle for taking part in sure tournaments if given a fundamental draw wildcard.
