[Music] 25 seed Paula Bosa Who lit up the courts during the North American hardcourt swing this summer defeated American and reigning Wimbledon doubles Champion Taylor Townsen to 3 7 to5 inside Lewis Armstrong Stadium she now advances to the third round of the US Open for the very first time Bosa bested townend in straight sets in their one prior encounter in the first round of the Australian Open earlier this year still the American Lefty is no stranger to big wins on a US Open show Court just ask Simona Hal whom she defeated inside Arthur Ash Stadium just a month after the Romanian lifted the Venus rosewater dish at wimble in 2019 but from the start Bosa displayed the imperious form that consistently propelled her to the later stages of tournaments for the past few months she hit her ground strokes with authority forcing Townsen to go for too much in the rallies the Spaniard also proved lethal on her first serve losing just four points on that shot when she did land it over the course of the opener she broke her opponent in the third game and then again as Townsen served at 2 to four although though she handed one break back as she served for it she broke once again to claim the set in the very next game BSA no doubt benefited from the fact that the American who is currently sitting close to her career high ranking was not playing at the peak of her powers by sets end townzen had already committed 19 unforced errors and won just two of her 13 second serve points the pair stayed even through the first five games of the second serving at 2 to3 40 to5 up Townsen lost three points in a row giving vosa a chance to break the American hit a backhand winner to erase the opportunity and then two points later sealed the game with an Ace and ignited the crowd momentum suddenly seemed to travel over to Townsen side of the net and she broke bosa's serve right away to take the lead stepping to the line to take it to a decider Townsen suddenly couldn't find a first serve and she committed a flurry of unforced Errors to hand the break back two games later trying to force a tie break she still continued to struggle on her serve and Bosa broke again to claim the match I know she's come from playing a lot of matches a lot of confidence so I knew it was going to be a battle Bosa said about Townsend after the match but I'm really happy I returned well I served well in important moments I went for it and I'm happy it went my way [Music]