After 1st vacation, Taylor Townsend gets 1st Slam win as mom
FILE - Taylor Townsend, of the United States, returns a shot to Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova, both of the Czech Republic, while competing with Caty McNally, of the U.S., during the final of the women's doubles at the U.S. Open tennis championships on Sept. 11, 2022, in New York. As Townsend was preparing to return to professional tennis after becoming a mom nearly two years ago, she sought counsel from a couple of pretty good sources: Serena Williams and Kim Clijsters. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)[ASSOCIATED PRESS/Matt Rourke]
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Taylor Townsend’s 6-1, 6-1 victory over Diane Parry of France at the Australian Open has given the 26-year-old from Chicago her first Grand Slam singles win since becoming a mother. Townsend’s son was born in March 2021. Townsend said she received advice from Serena Williams and Kim Clijsters about life as a mother on the professional tennis tour. Townsend says she also recently took the first ‘solo vacation’ of her life and that helped her be refreshed heading into the 2023 season.
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Dominic Thiem of Austria receives treatment from a trainer during his first round match against Andrey Rublev of Russia at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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Dominic Thiem of Austria returns to the court after a break in his first round match against Andrey Rublev of Russia at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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