Taylor Townsend wasn’t well on Thanksgiving, and the American WTA star shared an update about it from the emergency room. However, she subsequently confirmed that her illness isn’t particularly serious.
On Thursday, November 27, Townsend took to her Instagram Stories and shared two posts. The first of them was a brief video of the WTA doubles No. 2 lying down and striking a pose despite being visibly unwell in the emergency room of an undisclosed medical facility. The 29-year-old captioned this post:
Thanks for the submission!
“Over it 🫠🤧”
Around an hour later, Taylor Townsend shared another picture from the emergency room. Here, the 11-time career doubles titlist could be seen wearing a warm, hooded blanket. Through the caption, she thanked her followers for reaching out to her over her ill health. She also confirmed that her situation isn’t too serious.
“I’m ok yall! Thanks for checking on me ❤️Also this @officialsnuggie is saving me with these chills 🙏🏽,” Townsend wrote.
On the tennis front, Townsend’s 2025 season came to its conclusion at the year-end WTA Finals.
Taylor Townsend and Katerina Siniakova finished 2025 as semifinalists at WTA Finals
Taylor Townsend’s women’s doubles excellence throughout the 2025 season earned her and partner Katerina Siniakova automatic qualification for the year-end WTA Finals’ women’s doubles competition in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Here, the American and the Czech stars produced three wins out of three in their Round Robin phase outings to reach the semifinals.
Unfortunately for Townsend and Siniakova, the second seeds in Riyadh, their campaign came to an end in the last four. Despite going a set up against No. 4 seeds Elise Mertens and Veronika Kudermetova, the American and the Czech lost the next two sets to exit the prestigious tournament.
All in all, 2025 has been a memorable year for Taylor Townsend with regards to her on-court achievements. Earlier this year, the American reached a career-high ranking of World No. 1 in women’s doubles, becoming the first mother on the WTA Tour to find herself at the summit of a tennis discipline. She also won the Australian Open doubles title partnering Siniakova.
However, Townsend was involved in a couple of controversies this year as well, most notably her brazen criticism of Chinese cuisine when she was in Shenzhen, China, for the Billie Jean King Cup Finals. The American later issued an apology.
Edited by Sudipto Pati
