Canada's Leylah Fernandez and American partner Taylor Townsend have advanced in the women's doubles tournament at the U.S. Open.
Fernandez and Townsend will face the winner of that match in the women's doubles quarterfinals.
Although Pliskova and Vekic had four aces to Fernandez and Townsend's two, they also double faulted seven times to the Canadian-American pairs four. Fernandez and Townsend won 79 per cent of their first serves and 62 per cent of their second serves, taking three of eight break points.
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