“To be honest, I’m totally enjoying this crowd. Even though it’s not for me, it’s for the Americans, it’s fine,” Krejcikova said in her interview on the Louis Armstrong Stadium court after the match.
“I’m looking forward to seeing you again in my next match—I think against another American.”
In her first 31st Grand Slam appearance, Townsend has never been closer to reaching the last eight. She lost to eventual champion Bianca Andreescu in 2019 in her only other fourth-round appearance.
Townsend remains in the women’s doubles tournament as the No. 1-seeded team with Katerina Siniakova—who won a career Grand Slam in doubles with Krejcikova during their partnership.
Krejcikova won the 2021 French Open and 2024 Wimbledon titles, and has worked hard to reach her second quarterfinal in New York. She rallied late to knock off 10th-seeded American Emma Navarro in two and a half hours in the third round, then went three hours, four minutes Sunday—98 minutes alone for the second set.
