On Tuesday, Taylor Townsend and Donald Young moved on to the U.S. Open mixed doubles final, keeping Townsend’s hopes alive for winning two doubles titles at the event.
Townsend and Young, who is retiring after this tournament, defeated the No. 8-seeded team of Aldila Sutjiadi and Rohan Bopanna with scores of 6-3, 6-4. They will face Italians Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori, the No. 3 seeds, in Thursday’s final.
Earlier in the day, Townsend and Katerina Siniakova, who won the Wimbledon women’s doubles title, reached the semifinals at Flushing Meadows by beating the No. 8-seeded team of Demi Schuurs and Luisa Stefani 6-2, 6-3. Townsend and Siniakova, who are seeded third, will next play against the unseeded pair of Kristina Mladenovic and Zhang Shuai.
In the other women’s semifinal, No. 7 Lyudmyla Kichenok and Jelena Ostapenko will compete against No. 10 Hao-Ching Chan and Veronika Kudermetova.
For the men’s doubles semifinals, No. 7 Max Purcell and Jordan Thompson will play against No. 13 Nathaniel Lammons and Jackson Winthrow, while No. 4 Marcelo Arevalo and Mate Pavic face No. 10 Kevin Krawietz and Tim Puetz.
