Taylor Townsend’s hopes of winning two doubles titles at the tournament remain alive as she and Donald Young made it to the U.S. Open mixed doubles final on Tuesday.
Townsend and Young, retiring just after the competition, defeated Aldila Sutjiadi and Rohan Bopanna 6-3, 6-4. In Thursday’s final, the old friends will take on No. 3 seeds Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori, both Italians.
The Wimbledon women’s doubles champions Townsend and Katerina Siniakova defeated the No. 8-seeded team of Demi Schuurs and Luisa Stefani 6-2, 6-3, earlier on Tuesday to advance to the semifinals at Flushing Meadows. The third-seeded teams of Townsend and Siniakova will face Kristina Mladenovic and Zhang Shuai, who are ranked lower.
Taylor Townsend in 2024
Ranked world no.48, Taylor played her last match on the 28th of August when she surrendered to world no.29 Paula Badosa 6-3 7-5
in the 2nd round of the U.S. Open (draw).At the moment, during this season Townsend has achieved a compiled 22-19 win-loss record.
Donald Young in 2024
Ranked no.727, Donald played his last match on the 24th of September 2023 when he surrendered to world no.300 Thai Kwiatkowski 6-4 6-4 in the qualifications of the Charleston Challenger (draw).
Presently, during this year Young has a compiled 4-13 record.
Donald Young will play the world no.102 Zachary Svajda in the quarter. The head to head is 1-0 for Svajda.
Taylor Townsend and Donald Young |
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