Seeking to attain the quarterfinals of a singles Grand Slam match for the primary time in her profession, Taylor Townsend fell simply brief.
The 29-year-old American misplaced her manner in a 6-1, 6-7 (13), 3-6 loss to Barbora Krejcikova on Sunday night, blowing a one-set lead and eight match factors inside a jam-packed Louis Armstrong Stadium.
Krejcikova now will face one other American in Jessica Pegula on Tuesday.
After a viral postmatch change with second-round opponent Jelena Ostapenko, during which the Latvian hurled vile insults throughout the web, Townsend rapidly turned the participant of the match.
She’s had the U.S. Open crowd behind her another way than the American gamers often do, and Sunday was no totally different.
The category she displayed earned her many new supporters, who had practically each single seat crammed in Louis Armstrong Stadium.
And, boy, did they get a present.
Townsend wanted simply 28 minutes to take the primary set, during which the World No. 139 hit 93 % of her first serves in.
There was zero doubt in her play at first, nevertheless it steadily crept in because the second set progressed.
It wasn’t till the primary sport of the second set that Townsend dedicated her first double fault of the match.
There was rather more pushback from Krejcikova within the second set, nevertheless it got here right down to the very finish.
As “right here we go, Taylor” chants and claps soared out of the open roof of Louis Armstrong, Krejcikova broke Townsend to go up 6-5.
However Townsend responded with a break of her personal to power a tiebreaker, during which Krejcikova saved seven match factors — together with three in a row — earlier than taking the set.
It was clear Townsend began to expire of gasoline within the third set.
The fireplace had subsided and the execution wavered.
Krejcikova jumped out to a 4-2 lead earlier than Townsend broke her within the seventh sport, which led to Townsend letting out an emphatic yell in celebration.
Capitalizing on her third breakpoint, Krejcikova took a 5-3 benefit and grinded out the ultimate sport to victory.
