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Sabalenka beat Townsend, don enter US Open quarterfinal as world number one

World number one Aryna Sabalenka don continue her strong run for dis year US Open. She bin defeat America player Taylor Townsend for straight sets, 6-4, 6-3, to reach quarterfinal for Flushing Meadows.

Dis win mean say Sabalenka don record her seventeenth straight victory for di US Open. She no don drop any set for di tournament so far as she dey try to defend her title.

Di match no easy well well, especially for di second set. Townsend even bin take 3-1 lead, but Sabalenka bin break back and later finish di set strong to secure di win.

Sabalenka, wey be di champion of di last two editions of di US Open, don now reach at least di quarterfinal for 15 of di last 16 Grand Slams she don play.

She go wait to see who go emerge from di match between Ukraine Marta Kostyuk and Czech Linda Noskova. Sabalenka no don ever lose to any of di two players. She get 5-0 record against Kostyuk, and she also don beat Noskova two times for di matches dem don play before.