• American was identified by Andy Murray as one to watch
• Townsend faces Bianca Andreescu in US Open
Taylor Townsend may be the most articulate player in tennis, certainly a poetic one, and she made the most eloquent statement about her rise from the depths by beating the Romanian Sorana Cirstea 7-5, 6-2, to join a bunch of interesting young Americans in the fourth round.
“I wouldn’t change anything,” said the world No 116, “because I appreciate so much where I am, because I know where I came from. And I think it’s easy for people to forget where they came from. I remember when I was grinding quallies at 25s [$25,000 tournaments], when I quit tennis for three days, that’s how long I lasted.
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