"Earlier this year I was carb loading, but now I'm distributing New York style" - Taylor Townsend on her dominant 1R win at the Miami Open
American tennis player Taylor Townsend breezed past Hungary's Anna Bondar 6-4, 6-0 in the first round of the Miami Open on Wednesday, March 22.
Townsend failed to make the main draw at the recently-concluded Indian Wells Open after she was ousted by Ukraine's Lesia Tsurenko 6-7, 6-1,6-1. She made amends at the ongoing Miami Open, setting up a second-round clash against Russia's Ekaterina Alexandrova on Friday, March 24.
Townsend was visibly ecstatic during her interview with the Tennis Channel's Prakash Amritraj following her dominant win. Amritraj jokingly said that the last time he saw her, she was on a strict diet and she was saying no to carbs, however she gobbled up a bagel (6-0 set) in her match.
Townsend joked that before the Miami Open match, she was carb loading and receiving bagels and breadsticks (6-1 set). However, she decided to change that up and is now distributing bagels New York style, paying homage to her home city.
"So earlier this year, I was you know, carb loading, I was receiving bagels and breadsticks so I decided to change that up. You know 2023 started off a little rocky but you know it's all good. Now I'm distributing. I am a New Yorker you know? New York style." Townsend joked
A look at Taylor Townsend's best moments of her tennis career
American tennis player Taylor Townsend turned pro in 2012. Although she is yet to win a WTA singles title, she has won three doubles titles and is currently enjoying her career-high ranking of No. 20 in the doubles format.
In singles, her best result at a Grand Slam came at the 2019 US Open, where she made it to the fourth round but was defeated by eventual champion Bianca Andreescu 6-1, 4-6, 6-2.
At last year's US Open, Townsend reached the doubles final with partner Caty McNally but fell to the Czech pair of Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova 3-6, 7-5, 6-1.
On the ITF circuit in 2014, Townsend won the Boyd Tinsley Women's Clay Court Classic in both the singles and doubles format. She won the doubles final with partner Asia Muhammad. In the same tournament in 2016, Townsend once again won the singles and doubles trophy. In 2016, she won eight IT doubles titles.
In 2018, Taylor Townsend won the Indian Wells Open doubles title with partner Yanina Wickmayer. In 2023, she won two WTA doubles titles - both editions of the Adelaide International one with partner Asia Muhammad and the second with partner Luisa Stefani.