Australian Open 2023: Taylor Townsend beats Diane Parry 6-1, 6-1!

Taylor Townsend is an American professional tennis player. She achieved career-high WTA rankings of world No. 61 in singles and No. 22 in doubles.

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Taylor Townsend won her first Grand Slam match since becoming a mother, beating Diane Parry...

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...a wild-card entry from France, 6-1 6-1. The American will next meet Ekaterina Alexandrova.

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According to leading tennis writer Tumaini Carayol, a ball girl had to be taken from the court during Taylor Townsend's win over Diane Parry on Tuesday morning.

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"We’re 20 minutes into a stupidly hot day two at the Australian Open, and it looks like the ball girl was just guided off the court due to illness in Townsend vs Parry. Stay safe everyone."

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Diane Parry is a French professional tennis player. On 24 October 2022, she peaked at No. 58 in the WTA singles rankings. In 2019, she became the junior world No. 1.

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