Taylor Townsend, of the United States, and Katerina Siniakova, of the Czech Republic, address the crowd after losing to Erin Routliffe, of New Zealand, and Gabriela Dabrowski, of Canada, in the women’s doubles final of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Taylor Townsend, of the United States, and Katerina Siniakova, of the Czech Republic, talk between rallies with Erin Routliffe, of New Zealand, and Gabriela Dabrowski, of Canada, during the women’s doubles final of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
Taylor Townsend, of the United States, left, and Katerina Siniakova, of the Czech Republic, pose for a photo with Erin Routliffe, of New Zealand, left, and Gabriela Dabrowski, of Canada, Routliffe and Dabrowski won the women’s doubles final of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, in New York.of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
Taylor Townsend, of the United States, and Katerina Siniakova, of the Czech Republic, address the crowd after losing to Erin Routliffe, of New Zealand, and Gabriela Dabrowski, of Canada, in the women’s doubles final of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
NEW YORK (AP) 鈥 Taylor Townsend brought a frozen Honey Deuce cocktail to her final post-match news conference at the U.S. Open on Friday.
Townsend walked in with a version of the tournament鈥檚 signature drink in her hand, saying it was 鈥渇or the media.鈥 She smiled and said, 鈥淔irst question.鈥
The top-ranked pair of Townsend and Katerina Siniakova reached the women鈥檚 doubles final to Gabriela Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe.
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Asked to give their thoughts on the Grand Slam, Townsend asked Siniakova, 鈥淵ou want to go first?” and said she wouldn’t take much longer with the vodka-based drink. Later, she ate the honeydew melon balls the Honey Deuce is known for.
one of the faces of the tournament after she said after their singles match.
鈥淟ong three weeks, but I鈥檝e really enjoyed it,鈥 said Townsend, who added she learned a lot on this trip to Flushing Meadows and was proud of she and Siniakova getting the second-place plate instead of the women’s doubles trophy.
鈥淚鈥檓 probably going to do charcuterie board on this trophy,鈥 Townsend said. 鈥淭hat would be pretty cool, right, to be served charcuterie on a U.S. Open platter? Subtle flex.鈥
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