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Venus Williams has turned back the clock in Queens, but her Cinderella run at this year’s U.S. Open has ended.

The 45-year-old partnered with Leylah Fernandez for the doubles bracket and made it all the way to the quarterfinals before the top-seeded duo of Taylor Townsend and Kateřina Siniaková took them down 6-1, 6-2.

When the match finished after 56 minutes in Louis Armstrong Stadium, Williams smiled as she walked to the net to shake hands with Siniaková, then hugged Townsend. Thousands of spectators rose to give Williams a standing ovation; Townsend and Siniaková then joined in, applauding for Williams.

“Growing up watching Venus and [her sister] Serena, for me and my sister, it was an inspiration,” Townsend told the crowd. “It was an hono

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