{"id":758664,"date":"2026-09-03T12:04:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T12:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/758664\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T12:04:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T12:04:09","slug":"with-a-perfect-serve-and-perfect-fit-townsend-breezes-into-us-open-third-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/758664\/","title":{"rendered":"With a perfect serve and perfect fit, Townsend breezes into US Open third round"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK &#8212; It was rainy and gray at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on Wednesday, but nothing was going to dampen Taylor Townsend&#8217;s mood.<\/p>\n<p>The World No. 96, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtatennis.com\/news\/4569782\/taylor-townsends-star-seems-to-shine-brightest-at-the-us-open\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">who always seems to shine brightest at the US Open<\/a>, put on a serving clinic in a dominant 6-1, 6-1 win over Australian Taylah Preston to advance to the third round.<\/p>\n<p>How good was her serve? Pretty much perfect. She won all 23 of her first-serve points, and also took five of her nine second-serve points. The American complemented that with a strong return game, converting five of eight break-point opportunities, and won seven of her eight points at net.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I know that I have one of the best serves in the world,&#8221; she said during her on-court interview after yelling to get the attention of her coach, Roger Tyzzer, in the Court 17 stands. &#8220;It\u2019s proven, and obviously being a lefty really helps. I really love this court. I love playing on this court. &#8230; I have no notes. That\u2019s what the kids say, no notes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But what she was more enthused about, even more than her serve, was her outfit, which was styled by J. Bolin. They collaborated on a custom US Open kit, and she&#8217;ll be debuting a new fit each round.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I love this, this is so cute,&#8221; she said of her outfit as the rain started to fall harder. &#8220;I\u2019m just feeling it. I&#8217;m just gonna be honest, I&#8217;m feeling it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After shouting out historically Black colleges and universities, on a day when HBCUs were celebrated at the US Open, the WTA Tour Driven by Mercedes-Benz veteran explained that she understands why her close friend Naomi Osaka <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtatennis.com\/news\/4570328\/naomi-osaka-is-channeling-her-inner-allen-iverson-at-us-open\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">makes her on-court fashion such a priority<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Now I see why Naomi be doing this,&#8221; she said. &#8220;It&#8217;s a flex when you can walk out feeling fire like this. I might be doing this more. I&#8217;m gonna take a page out of her book.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Townsend will look to match her best-ever US Open result, achieved in 2019 and then again last year, when she takes on 15th-seeded Diana Shnaider.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK &#8212; It was rainy and gray at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on Wednesday,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":758665,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[101,118,1602,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-758664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-text","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=758664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758664\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/758665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=758664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=758664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=758664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}