New York, Sept 6, 2026 (AFP) - Sabalenka surges past Townsend to reach US Open quarter-finals

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2026-09-06

Aryna Sabalenka kept her US Open three-peat bid alive Sunday, charging into the US Open quarter-finals with a confidence boosting victory over tricky American Taylor Townsend. Sabalenka took everything the multi-faceted Townsend threw at her to emerge with a 6-4, 6-3 victory, winning the last five games to push her Flushing Meadows win streak to 17 matches. "I love matches like that, because it was really challenging, and going through tough chal......

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