By Erik Gudris | Saturday, August 30, 2025
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“Welcome to the show.”
That’s it Taylor Townsend Said of an extraordinary crowd of the stadium inside Arthur Ase Stadium on Friday evening after it bored no. 5 seeds Mirria Andva To reach the fourth round of US Open for the second time in her career.
The 29-year-old Townsend set a show of all judges to upset the growing 18-year-old Andreeva 7-5, 6-2 in their third round meeting.
Townsend is allowing her tennis to make talks after making titles when she stayed on earth after her last match for bachelors when she defeated 25 seeds residue who made controversial comments about Townsend shortly after their match.
“All I mean is welcome to the show,” Townsend said in her post -match interview when asked about her performance. “Work is not done, I will continue what I did tonight.”
Townsend, who accepted the controversy from her previous match, thanked the crowd for all their support in the last two days.
“Bigger is bigger than me, it’s about the message, it’s about representation. You guys have seen Taylor Townsend really tonight,” she added.
Although Andreeva entered as a favorite, Townsend ruined the young teenager choosing to finish most points in the net when he could.
The first set witnessed a close competition between the two players. In the 5th, Townsend found its advantage when Andreeva faced the rest points in her service at 0-40. Andreeva made the mistake of bringing Townsend to the net, where she was more than happy to close the point. Soon, Townsend served Seti 7-5.
Andreeva managed to stay with Townsend in the early stages of the second group. But when Townsend gained an important break to eventually attract 4-2, Andreeva in turn seemed unable to go out with a game plan to oppose the growth of her opponent.
Townsend would capture an important security break for 5-2 thanks to a powerful shot winner. Very soon, Townsend, with a body that serves that Andreeva could not dig, closed the popular victory 7-5, 6-2.
The victory pushed Townsend to the fourth round of US Open for the first time since 2019 when it was bored, then no.4 Seed Simona Halep to reach the same stage.
When asked how she has managed to maintain her focus in recent days, Townsend said at her press conference that she has not been difficult at all.
“It has not been difficult at all. You know, I told my team. I was made of this kind of items I really feel, you know, it wasn’t hard because I stayed in my truth. So there were, I didn’t need to protect anything I said. What I said, I said, and I would say, so I had, because I would not let me do any day, because I would not let me do any day.
So when it’s time to do the job, it’s time to do the job. And that’s what I think is a testimony to being a professional, being able to block what is on the outside and when you open on the lines you treat business. “
Next to Townsend while it aims for the quarter -finals is the champion of large stages twice Barbora Krycikova.
