Agency :
Venus Williams bowed out of the US Open after she and Canadian partner Leylah Fernandez were outclassed by top seeds Taylor Townsend and Katerina Siniakova 6-1, 6-2 in the women’s doubles quarterfinals on Tuesday.
Townsend and Siniakova, reigning Australian Open champions, needed just 22 minutes to sweep the opening set and quickly built an unassailable lead in the second, breaking again after Williams and Fernandez’s lengthy first service game.
Despite the roar of support for the North American duo from the Louis Armstrong stadium crowd, Williams and Fernandez were overpowered, with Townsend and Siniakova dictating play from start to finish.
