{"id":220811,"date":"2025-09-12T12:08:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T12:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/220811\/"},"modified":"2025-09-12T12:08:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T12:08:10","slug":"taylor-townsend-explains-the-really-weird-feeling-she-got-after-losing-to-barbora-krejcikova-at-the-us-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/220811\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Townsend explains the \u2018really weird\u2019 feeling she got after losing to Barbora Krejcikova at the US Open"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Amid all the noise and controversy that surrounded her altercation with Jelena Ostapenko, Taylor Townsend enjoyed a largely successful three weeks at the US Open.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The American competed in three different events at Flushing Meadows, the first of which was the revamped mixed doubles tournament during \u2018fan week\u2019. <\/p>\n

Townsend teamed up with compatriot Ben Shelton<\/a>, with whom she reached the quarterfinals before bowing out to the duo of Danielle Collins and Christian Harrison. <\/p>\n

She had another lengthy run in women\u2019s doubles alongside Katerina Siniakova, adding more silverware to her name with a runner-up trophy.<\/p>\n

\"TaylorPhoto by Mike Stobe\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Where Townsend<\/a> made the headlines in New York, however, was her singles campaign, recording her joint-best result at a major with a fourth-round finish.<\/p>\n

The 29-year-old ultimately bowed out to Barbora Krejcikova<\/a> in the round of 16, where she was left with a \u2018weird\u2019 feeling. <\/p>\n

Taylor Townsend recalls her US Open fourth-round exit<\/p>\n

Appearing on \u2018CBS Mornings\u2019, Townsend explained how her four-year-old son has helped rekindle her passion for tennis.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think since having him [her son], I\u2019ve had something that was bigger than tennis.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been playing since I was four. I turned pro at 15. Like, this has been my livelihood, and this is how I\u2019ve provided for myself. And so there was nothing else that was more important than this.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd for me, not only in the moment, but later down the road and to try and set myself up for a better life and, when he came into my life, then it was something that I loved more than the game.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut it was ironic because in a way, getting pregnant and having him and having the distance and the space away from the game, allowed me to, like, fall in love with the game again. And I didn\u2019t realise that I needed that space.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut really weird, too, because I fell in love with the game again in the match that I lost, in my singles match. It was so weird, like, after I was done playing, I was just, like, \u2018Oh, my God, I love this. I can\u2019t wait to go back out\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo it was, like, the loss really motivated me in a way, honestly, that I haven\u2019t felt in a really, really long time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Taylor Townsend\u2019s singles campaign at the 2025 US Open<\/p>\n

Townsend\u2019s singles run began with a straight-sets victory over Antonia Ruzic and a drama-filled second-round clash with Ostapenko<\/a>. <\/p>\n

After the US star won 7-5, 6-1, the Latvian voiced her frustrations when meeting her conqueror at the net. <\/p>\n

Ostapenko complained about her opponent refusing to apologise after winning a point via a net cord during the match, and later told her she had \u2018no class\u2019 and \u2018no education\u2019.<\/p>\n

The dispute sparked plenty of debate among both players and fans, with many coming to the defence of Townsend. <\/p>\n

It did not seem to faze the US star in round three, however, who went on to earn one of the biggest wins of her career in singles, knocking out fifth seed Mirra Andreeva<\/a> at Arthur Ashe Stadium.<\/p>\n

Despite her narrow defeat to Krejcikova, Townsend\u2019s stint at the 2025 US Open was one she will look back fondly on. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Amid all the noise and controversy that surrounded her altercation with Jelena Ostapenko, Taylor Townsend enjoyed a largely…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":220812,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[62,15678,1464,67,132,68,10118],"class_list":{"0":"post-220811","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-sports","9":"tag-taylor-townsend","10":"tag-tennis","11":"tag-united-states","12":"tag-unitedstates","13":"tag-us","14":"tag-us-open"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115191251117777151","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220811"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220811\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/220812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}