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Sabalenka surges past Townsend to reach US Open quarter-finals

IOL Sport · 06 September 2026 at 19:28

Sabalenka surges past Townsend to reach US Open quarter-finals

World number one Aryna Sabalenka charged into the US Open quarter-finals on Sunday, beating American Taylor Townsend 6-4, 6-3 to keep her bid for a rare US Open three-peat alive.

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