Taylor Townsend’s US Open has moved from a strong singles run into a chance for a home-court doubles milestone. The American and Czech partner Katerina Siniakova, the No. 1 seeds, will play Robin Montgomery and Ashlyn Krueger for the women’s doubles championship on Friday at 12 p.m. ET.
Key takeaways
- Townsend and Siniakova have reached the final without conceding a set across four matches.
- The top seeds will face wild cards Montgomery and Krueger, who produced a remarkable semifinal comeback.
- Townsend can secure her first US Open crown and complete a career doubles Grand Slam alongside Siniakova.
- Siniakova is pursuing Grand Slam doubles title No. 12 and could complete the career Grand Slam with a second partner.
- Townsend also made the singles fourth round in New York after defeating seeds Maja Chwalinska and Diana Shnaider.
Top seeds set for a home final
Townsend has again found momentum in front of the Queens crowd. In singles, she dismissed seeded opponents Chwalinska and Shnaider on her way to the fourth round for the second straight year before shifting her full attention to the doubles draw.
Alongside Siniakova, Townsend has been the team to beat. The pair advanced through the semifinals with a win over Diana Shnaider and Elise Mertens, maintaining a perfect set record through their first four rounds.
The final carries particular weight for Townsend, 30, who has twice fallen one win short of the US Open doubles trophy. She and Caty McNally were runners-up in 2022, losing to Barbora Krejcikova and Siniakova. Last year, Townsend and Siniakova returned to the championship match but were beaten by Gabriela Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe.
“I first came to this tournament when I was young, and winning the US Open has always been a dream,” Townsend said after the semifinal. “I have come close before, so it would mean so much. I’ll give everything I can, and we will do everything we can.”
A victory would add the New York title to the pair’s Wimbledon triumph in 2024, their Australian Open success last year and the French Open trophy won this summer.
Wild cards Montgomery and Krueger overturn semifinal
Montgomery and Krueger arrive in the final after one of the tournament’s sharpest reversals. The American wild cards trailed Luisa Stefani and Gabriela Dabrowski 8-2 in the deciding match tiebreak before recovering to defeat the WTA Finals-qualified team.
The final also reconnects Montgomery and Krueger with a venue where they have already lifted a title together: they won the US Open girls’ doubles championship in 2021.
For Siniakova, the Friday final offers another piece of doubles history. The Czech has won 11 major women’s doubles titles and already completed the career Grand Slam with Krejcikova. A victory with Townsend would make her the first player to finish that four-major collection with two different partners.
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SEO description: Top seeds Taylor Townsend and Katerina Siniakova have not lost a set en route to the US Open women’s doubles final against wild cards Robin Montgomery and Ashlyn Krueger.
