“It’s bigger than me” – Townsend makes a big statement in anxiety Andreeva

American Taylor Townsend Made the place in the Prime Minister at Arthur Ashe Stadium on Friday night, astonishing fifth fifth seeds Mirria Andeva 7-5, 6-2 to reach the fourth round of the US for the first time since 2019. Years.

Entering this Grand Slam tournament, the city has nowhere near the old strength or the surname of Americans Coco Gauff and Jessica PegulaAnd she was neither sown in the single. However, a 29-year-old which is half of the top-ranked female team in the world and was no. 1 As a younger player became one of the biggest tournament stories after her argument post-match with The rest of the deer And the next discourse surrounded.

“He’s bigger than me,” she said on the field after the game. “It’s about a message, it’s about the national team, it’s about being bold and can appear as yourself and I saw it tonight.”

Townsend hopes that attention will be about conflict and its calls to be positive for the United States open and tennis in general.

“If someone can draw huge crowds in stadiums as a name that can bring people to come and buy tickets and support the game, then it is a crown that I will be happy to wear,” the city said. “Whatever it is, any kind of attention she brought, doing the right things, what they bring people to see sports and bring people to support and that’s what it’s all about.”

Townsend, who is black, and remaigned, who had an intense front and back after it was in the right sets. When asked if she had the comments had racial subtone, he said that it did not take that, but she admitted “It was a stigma in our community” was not educated “and all things, when the most important thing is from the truth.”

Gauff and Naomi Osaka They were among those who came to the city defense publicly. Osaka called what the city report reported the otherApen to say “one of the worst things you can tell black tennis player in mostly white sports”.

Even privately, the city said that other players came to it to enter the case and expressed support. Online, she has acquired thousands of social media followers.

“It’s great to know that people see that people also look at you more than anything,” said the city. “I Was Hopping That It Was Received A Certain Type Of Way, And It Was, So It Was It’s Handled Things The Right Way And That’s What I’m The Most Proud Of And The Most Happy With. I Wasn’t. And in My Answers And In My Answers And When I Decided and I Spoke and I Said What I Said and Wasn’t Looking For Those Things, But It’s Nice To Know That I Made People Proud. “

In the fourth round of the United States, Townsend was open, more than a decade after the American tennis association decided to last her by a junior competition due to concern about her condition. Organization in 2012. years denies the financing of tours of the tournament while focusing on a better form.

In an intervening time, she became dominant in pairs, beating Wimbledon last year and Australian Open earlier this year with partner Katerina SiniakovaAnd the pair is a top seed in rinse meadows.

Townsend, who did not pass the fourth round in the single on Major, will face two-way Champions Grand Slam Singles Barbora Krejcikova On Sunday.

If this time reaches the quarterfinals, it wants the lesson to be okay to stand for yourself.

“Sometimes I feel like in society, especially people, we will be stumbling, and in this type of moment, not only for themselves, not only for itself, not only for itself, no matter what attention comes or whatever That it is that it is unexpected, be happy in who you are and never let anyone take you out of your character and who you are like a person. “

The associated press has contributed to this report.