News about Taylor Townsend

After being defeated 6-0, 6-4 by Leylah Fernandez and Taylor Townsend at Roland Garros, Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula have been sent packing from the French Open women's doubles semi-final. In Sunday's final, the Canadian-American pair, seeded 10th, will meet unseeded Hsieh Su-Wei of Taiwan and Wang Xinyu of China. Hsieh and Wang defeated sixth-seeded Nicole Melichar-Martinez and Ellen Perez 6-3, 6-3. At Roland Garros, where the Americans lost to Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic, Gauff and Pegua, the No. 2 seeds, were last year's runners-up in women's doubles.

Taylor Fritz, an in-form American, has risen from a strong challenge from Nikolaz Basilashvili to advance to the Australian Open second round in Melbourne. Fritz survived the sweltering temperatures that prompted authorities to stop playing outside of court for nearly three hours on Tuesday. Basilashvili applied his own heat before winning by a narrow roof on John Cain Arena.