Taylor Townsend and Katerina Siniakova win US Open women's doubles title

The 30-year-old once denied USTA funding returned to Arthur Ashe Stadium to complete her career doubles grand slam alongside Kateřina Siniaková

The 30-year-old once denied USTA funding returned to Arthur Ashe Stadium to complete her career doubles grand slam alongside Kateřina Siniaková The cheers swelled from Arthur Ashe Stadium as Taylor Townsend approached the microphone on court. “Y’all know this is my moment,” she started, “and I’m about to take it.” A day after being denied an American rooting interest in the women’s singles final and rushing for the exits in response, the Ashe crowd had reason to stick around and drink in the moment: the Chicago native and her partner, Kateřina Siniaková of the Czech Republic, had just defeated the all-American team of Ashlyn Krueger and Robin Montgomery 5-7, 6-0, 6-2 in Friday’s women’s doubles final. With the victory, Siniaková became a two-time career doubles slam champion while Townsend joined the club for the first time. Continue reading...

Taylor Townsend and Katerina Siniakova completed their career Grand Slam as a team by defeating the wild-card pair of Ashlyn Krueger and Robin Montgomery for their first US Open doubles title together.

With three Americans competing in the women’s doubles US Open final on Friday afternoon, it could have been easy for the home crowd in Queens, New York to overlook Czech Katerina Siniakova. Greatness cannot be denied, however. Competing alongside Taylor Townsend in Arthur Ashe Stadium, one of the best doubles players of all-time just enhanced her […] The post US Open news: Katerina Siniakova makes women's doubles history after Career Slam feat appeared first on ClutchPoints.

Taylor Townsend and Katerina Siniakova have won their first U.S. Open women's doubles title together. The top seeds rallied to defeat the wild-card pair of Ashlyn Krueger and Robin Montgomery after dropping the first set. Townsend and Siniakova completed thei…

The pair won their fourth major title together and completed the set of all four grand slams

It was a double celebration for Katerina Siniakova and for Taylor Townsend, the final piece of the puzzle to a career Grand Slam.

Katerina Siniakova and Taylor Townsend win the women's doubles at the US Open to complete a historic career doubles Grand Slam.

Katerina Siniakova and Taylor Townsend win the women's doubles at the US Open to complete a historic career doubles Grand Slam.

Katerina Siniakova and Taylor Townsend rallied to beat Ashlyn Krueger and Robin Montgomery for the US Open women's doubles title on Friday, completing a career doubles Grand Slam.For Siniakova, it was a 12th Grand Slam women's doubles title and a second career Grand Slam -- she won all four majors with her previous longtime partner Barbora Krejcikova.

Completing the career women’s doubles Grand Slam as teammates was the goal for Taylor Townsend and Katerinia Siniakova at the start of this year’s US Open. They were the runners-up last year in a disappointing loss. After winning the French…