Venus Williams’ run on the U.S. Open within the girls’s doubles event has reached the quarterfinals.
Williams and doubles companion Leylah Fernandez — unseeded within the occasion — knocked off No. 12 seed Ekaterina Alexandrova and Shuai Zhang 6-3, 6-4 on Monday, as Williams, who has gained 14 Grand Slam doubles titles, continued her dash to successful the primary one with out her sister, Serena, as her companion.
After taking the primary set, Williams and Fernandez have been tied at 3 with Alexandrova and Zhang within the second earlier than securing a key break, and so they held serve throughout their subsequent two alternatives to advance.
At match level, main 40-15 within the sport, Williams fired a serve towards the nook, and after a return, Fernandez — taking part in on the web — sliced a shot between Alexandrova and Zhang to finish the win.
Williams and Fernandez will face the winner of Taylor Townsend-Kateřina Siniaková — the No. 1 seed within the doubles event — and Camila Osorio-Yuan Yue within the subsequent spherical.
