Venus Williams, 45, and Leylah Fernandez, 22, looked like a natural fit as they dismissed Alexandrova and Zhang 6-3, 6-4 to reach the quarterfinals of the US Open.

Venus Williams and Leylah Fernandez are still in the running at the US Open and have made it to the quarterfinals after defeating the 12th seeds Shuai Zhang and Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-3, 6-4.