Siniakova & Townsend complete team career Grand Slam after winning US Open doubles title

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/siniakova-k-OKXs3Wah/townsend-t-Y9jUuHka/?mid=KCzZHIM9"]The win[/a] gave [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/siniakova-katerina/OKXs3Wah/"]‌Siniakova[/a] her 12th Grand Slam doubles ‌title and made her the first player to complete the career Grand Slam ‌with two different players having previously ⁠done it with ‌fellow Czech [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/krejcikova-barbora/2FyACZYi/"]Barbora Krejcikova[/a].[/p][p]After a sluggish start, Siniakova ​and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/townsend-taylor/Y9jUuHka/"]Townsend[/a] came alive in the second set where the ​2025 finalists fell behind 40-30 in the opening game before reeling off ⁠23 of ​the next 27 points to force a decider.[/p][embed guid="d663949f-6613-4122-8323-885052ae18a6" url="https://x.com/usopen/status/2098471557613986297" social-type="twitter" /][p]The 2025 finalists then consolidated an early break with a Siniakova hold at ‌love to move ahead 3-1 before Townsend served up a four-point game of her own for a 4-2 lead that set them on their way.[/p][p]In the opening frame, the top-seeded pairing reeled off 13 consecutive points en route to reaching 4-4 before Siniakova, ‌serving with the sun in her ​face and looking to force ‌a tiebreak, double-faulted three times, including on set point.[/p][p]Siniakova and Townsend won the Wimbledon women's doubles title in 2024, the Australian Open in 2025 ⁠and this year's ⁠French Open.[/p]