Washington Open: Townsend makes quarter-finals, outlasting Kenin
Taylor Townsend won against Sofia Kenin 6-3, 6-0 on Thursday evening and will face the winner of the match between American Jessica Pegula, the top seed, and Canadian Leylah Fernandez in the next round
Taylor Townsend, Toronto, 2024 © Icon SMI / Panoramic
Qualifier Taylor Townsend won against No 6 seed Sofia Kenin 6-3, 6-0 to advance to the last 8 of the Washington Open at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center on Thursday.
Townsend, ranked No 97, will face the winner of the match between American Jessica Pegula, the top seed, and Canadian Leylah Fernandez next.
Taylor Townsend beat German Tatjana Maria (6-4, 7-5) in the previous round of the Washington tournament.
Washington WTA 500, other second-round results (William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center, hard, USD 1.282.951, most recent results first):
- Venus Williams vs. Magdalena Frech
- Jessica Pegula vs. Leylah Fernandez
- Emma Raducanu beat Naomi Osaka (WC): 6-4, 6-2
- Elena Rybakina (3) beat Victoria Mboko (WC): 6-3, 7-5
- Maria Sakkari (WC) beat Emma Navarro (2): 7-5, 7-6 (1)
- Clara Tauson (4) beat Caroline Dolehide (Q): 3-6, 7-5, 6-4
- Anna Kalinskaya beat Magda Linette (8): 6-4, 6-0
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