Paris: She plays the violin, dances something called the NaeNae and has ridden to the rescue of American tennis just as the shock of Serena Williams' French Open exit was still being absorbed.


Taylor Townsend scores a point 

Taylor Townsend, the 18-year-old world number 205 and making her Grand Slam debut, rocked up at the Suzanne Lenglen court and held her nerve to see off French number one Alize Cornet 6-4, 4-6, 6-4.