Venus Williams ended her run on the U.S. Open with a loss within the girls's doubles quarterfinal together with companion Leylah Fernandez, 1-6, 2-6, by the hands of match star Taylor Townsend and Kateřina Siniaková.
Williams walked off the court docket at Louis Armstrong Stadium and waved to the cheering crowd.
Townsend and Siniaková stood on the court docket and applauded Williams after the match ended, as did the group, noting the meaningfulness of the second.
“Rising up watching Venus and Serena had at all times been for me and my sister an inspiration,” Townsed stated on the court docket afterward. “We wished to be like them after we grew up and it's an honor to have the ability to share the court docket together with her at present.”
Williams and Fernandez had marched by means of the primary three rounds of the doubles match earlier than operating into the No. 1-seeded doubles pairing within the quarterfinals.
