Unseeded Taylor Townsend picked up an enormous 7-5, 6-2 win over No. 5 seed Mirra Andreeva throughout the third spherical of the 2025 US Open on Friday evening. The win brings Townsend again to the Spherical of 16 in New York for the primary time since 2019, and those that stayed at Arthur Ashe Stadium till nearly midnight acquired to observe the world No. 139 make a press release.
“God rattling, this feels good,” Townsend mentioned after her win. “All I’ll say is welcome to the present. I have been placing in lots of arduous work.
“I wish to dedicate this win to my coach. We have been blood, sweat and tears. Additionally to my son, AJ. He’ll be right here tomorrow. He is been telling his academics at college, ‘I’ll New York to see my mother.’ So this simply felt so good.”
Towsend went from a break all the way down to taking the primary set in opposition to the Wimbledon quarterfinalist. She misplaced a few of that momentum within the second set as she fell behind 0-2, however she rapidly recovered and gained the following three video games.
Andreeva sat on her bench masking her face with a towel whereas attempting to regain her composure. Nonetheless, the 18-year-old from Russia seemed visibly upset and did not discover her rhythm once more. In the meantime, Townsend was taking part in sensible and had lots of energy. Her backhand and serve have been efficient whereas placing away her opponent.
Townsend was disruptive and aggressive, successful 21 of 29 internet factors. She additionally had 23 winners in comparison with solely six for Andreeva.
The post-match vibe felt quite a bit completely different than Wednesday, when Townsend acquired a 7-5, 6-1 win over Jelena Ostapenko. They acquired into post-match spat, and Townsend mentioned her opponent informed her she had “no class.” On Friday, Townsend highlighted that she wished to maintain “the principle factor the principle factor.”
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“I wish to say thanks to everybody who supported me over these final 48 hours. It is larger than me,” Townsend mentioned, referring to that incident. “It is concerning the message, it is concerning the illustration. It is about being daring and having the ability to present up as your self, and I believe that tonight you guys noticed the true Taylor Townsend.”
Townsend is the third American to succeed in the Spherical of 16, becoming a member of No. 4 seed Jessica Pegula and unseeded Ann Li, who will face one another this weekend. Townsend will face Czech star Barbora Krejčíková on Sunday.
She has by no means made it additional in a singles competitors of a serious event, however Townsend mentioned she was not going to alter something in her strategy.
“We’re standing on enterprise on this crew,” Townsend mentioned. “Ain’t nothing going to alter… the job is just not performed. I am pleased with what I did tonight, however we’re staying on enterprise and we proceed right here in New York.”
