Who Is Taylor Townsend’s Tennis Playing Sister? What Tragedy Forced Her To Quit Playing?

American professional tennis player Taylor Townsend has already attracted a lot of spotlight with her incredible performances. However, this WTA star has a talented sister, known to have an equally great skill like her in tennis. Older than Taylor Townsend, the elder sister of the famous American doubles player had a promising tennis career that ended for an unfortunate event.

Taylor Townsend received her initial inspiration to play tennis from her mother and elder sister. This means growing up this elder sister impacted Townsend’s journey to come to professional tennis.

Snippets about Taylor Townsend’s elder sister and her relationship with tennis

Taylor Townsend’s elder sister Symone Townsend was a tennis player in college and she earned some good statistics in the sport. Born to parents Sheila and Gary Townsend, Symone Townsend grew up with her younger sister in Chicago. Symone’s initial motivation to play tennis was her mother Sheila Townsend, who played second-division tennis during her studies at Lincoln University. Symone Townsend played tennis at Florida A&M College. After moving to Florida for college, Symone Townsend became the number one Lady Rattlers of her college.

While Symone Townsend was about to bloom her career, an injury took her dreams away. She was playing tennis with her younger sister Taylor Townsend and hurt her knee seriously. This injury stopped her from playing tennis again. Once Taylor Townsend’s mother Sheila Townsend commented: “It was like a Williams sisters things. Symone was actually better than Taylor.” Despite such an unfortunate end of her career, Symone Townsend motivates her young sister to maintain good statistics and perform well. She was also a student under coach Donald Young with his sister, Taylor Townsend.

Symone Townsend’s college tennis journey describes brilliance in the sport

Symone Townsend performed well in her college tennis tournaments. From 2012 to 2013, Symone Townsend was a freshman in female tennis at Florida A&M College. However, in 2013, she graduated as a sophomore. Symone earned her junior title in 2014 and after staying as a junior for a year, Symone became a senior in 2015.  As mentioned before, she became the Lady Rattlers’s number-one tennis player.

Taylor Townsend’s elder sister’s statistics in tennis represent that this sport runs in the family. More than that it showcases Symone Townsend’s contribution to Taylor Townsend’s blooming career in professional tennis.

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