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American Taylor Townsend: American legend Venus Williams and her Canadian partner Leylah Fernandez knocked out of the US Open women's doubles draw after losing to No. 1 seeded team of American Taylor Townsend and Czechia’s Katerina Siniakova.

Townsend and Siniakova breezed into the semifinals, beating Venus/Fernandez, 6-1, 6-2.

Venus, 45, was competing in the US Open doubles draw after accepting a wild card to play singles and participating in the Mixed Doubles Championships.