The American Venus Williams and the Canadian Leylah Fernández They were classified on Monday for the quarterfinals of the Open female doubles use after defeating the Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova already China Shuai Zhang.
Williams and Fernández once again showed their excellent harmony with this fantastic victory in the New York ‘great’, in which They debut as a double couple. They defeated Alexandrova and Zhang 6-3 and 6-4 in an hour and 14 minutes.
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The ‘show’ of Williams and Fernández, the fashion couple in New York that competes thanks to an invitation ‘Wild Card’, has conquered the hearts of the public, filling the stadiums in each of their matches. In the quarterfinals, they could face their greatest challenge so far: a duel with the American Taylor Townsend And the Czech Katerina Siniakovanumber 1 and 2 in the world in the female doubles ranking.
This afternoon in Flushing Meadows, Williams and Fernández opened the match with a 3-0 after a first break to Alexandrova and Zhang. The Russian and the China managed to recover the ‘break’ to tie 3-3, but Williams and Fernández responded with three other games to close the 6-3 set.
The second partial followed a similar script: Williams and Fernández achieved an early break, which Alexandrova and Zhang could answer, but knew how to maintain. It was not a good day for Alexandrova, who also said goodbye to the individual picture at the hands of the Polish Iga Swiatek.
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After the game, Williams thanked the fans for the support and affection he is receiving: “We can feel your energy. It drives us. And every time we have a time when things are not right, they lift us up. “In addition, he confessed that his sister Serena, with whom he conquered 14 titles of ‘Grand Slam’ in doubles, is advising him.” He is so happy for Leylah and for me, he gives us advice and we simply need him to be here in the stand. So my message is: ‘Serena, you have to come, “said Williams.
The greatest of the Williams, at 45, is achieving in this double its best results since he returned by surprise to the circuit this summer. Among its 14 ‘great’ in doubles, the Williams conquered New York in 1999 – before Fernández was born – and repeated in 2009.
