Taylor Townsend and Donald Young have secured a spot in the US Open mixed doubles final, maintaining Townsend's bid for two doubles titles at the tournament. The duo defeated the No. 8-seeded team of Aldila Sutjiadi and Rohan Bopanna with a score of 6-3, 6-4. Townsend and Young, who have a long-standing friendship, will face off against Italians Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori, the No. 3 seeds, in the final scheduled for Thursday.
Earlier in the day, Townsend and Katerina Siniakova, the Wimbledon women's doubles champions, advanced to the semifinals at Flushing Meadows by defeating the No. 8-seeded team of Demi Schuurs and Luisa Stefani with a score of 6-2, 6-3. Seeded third, Townsend and Siniakova are set to compete against the unseeded pair of Kristina Mladenovic and Zhang Shuai in the next round.
In the other women's semifinal match, No. 7 Lyudmyla Klchenok and Jelena Ostapenko will face off against No. 10 Hao-Ching Chan and Veronika Kudermetova. On the men's side, the doubles semifinals will feature No. 7 Max Purcell and Jordan Thompson against No. 13 Nathaniel Lammons and Jackson Winthrow, as well as No. 4 Marcelo Arevalo and Mate Pavic taking on No. 10 Kevin Krawletz and Tim Puetz.
