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Taylor Townsend and Katerina Siniakova won the 2026 US Open women's doubles title, completing a career Grand Slam. Townsend's victory speech focused on Black representation, sparking debate about race in sports.
Taylor Townsend and Katerina Siniakova won the 2026 US Open women’s doubles title, completing a career Grand Slam as a pair. The No. 1 seeds defeated American wildcards Ashlyn Krueger and Robin Montgomery 5-7, 6-0, 6-2. This victory marked Townsend’s first US Open doubles title and Siniakova’s 12th Grand Slam doubles title. The win concluded a historic run for the duo, who had previously won Wimbledon, the Australian Open, and the French Open together.
Rain on the final day disrupted the Miami Open finals, moving the women’s doubles final from the Stadium Court to the Grandstand and delaying the men’s final; Katerina Siniakova and Taylor Townsend won the doubles title 7-6(0) 6-1, completing the Sunshine Double amid a day of schedule chaos.
Mirra Andreeva’s title defense at Indian Wells ended in a dramatic three-set loss to Katerina Siniakova, with Andreeva smashing her racket and gesturing toward the crowd after a tense finish shaped by a controversial net-cord point; she acknowledged needing to better control her emotions after the defeat.