India, Sept. 13 -- Taylor Townsend was tight, not moving well and could sense she was off, swinging her racket early in the US Open women's doubles final.

"I wanted this really badly, and I knew that I wanted it," she said. "I felt it in my body and my spirit because I was so nervous."

Partner Katerina Siniakova talked her through the rough start Friday, and then they found their groove and rolled. Townsend and Siniakova completed their career Grand Slam as a team by defeating the wild card pair of Ashlyn Krueger and Robin Montgomery for their first US Open doubles title together. "It just means the world to me," Townsend said. "This really means everything to me, not only just to be able to win the US Open but to be able to complete a ...