“That ain’t me buddy,” Peyton Stears gets her identity misplaced with a picture of Taylah Preston in a fan post

Peyton Stearns tells fan who misplace her identity on social media.

“That ain’t me buddy,” Peyton Stears gets her identity misplaced with a picture of Taylah Preston in a fan post

Peyton Stearns (via Imago)

American tennis player Peyton Stearns recently reacted to a fan misplacing her for Australian Taylah Preston on social media. However, Stearns wasn’t offended by this. She seemed to take it as a joke and sent out a hilarious response directed at the source account.

Peyton Stearns, who has long blonde hair like Taylah Preston and also wears Nike kits was mistakenly recognised by the latter. Stearns is still recovering since her early exit from the Dubai Tennis championships where she had shockingly ousted Mirra Andreeva in the first round.

Meanwhile, 18-year-old Taylah Preston has reached the semifinals of the Puerto Vallarta Open defeating Yulia Starodubtsewa in the quarterfinals. The picture the fan posted on X was Taylah Preston celebrating her win against the Ukrainian.

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Peyton Stearns then reacted to the honest mistake trying to get in touch with the source account posting the picture.

Is someone gonna tell this guy… that ain’t me buddy
mentioned Stearns

Stearns has been struggling to get past the second round of all tournaments she has competed in this season. However, still young as a pro, with just less than two years of experience.

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Recalling Peyton Stearns’ brilliant run on her debut US Open

Peyton Stearns took the tennis world by surprise when she reached the US Open round of 16 in her first full season on the tour. The tennis star who turned pro in 2022.

The one-time NCAA champion began her US Open campaign by defeating Viktoriya Tomova 6-3, 6-0 in a straight set. She then defeated Clara Tauson and Katie Boulter in the second and third rounds without dropping a set.

Peyton Stearns
Peyton Stearns (Image via: Tennis Major)

She then faced Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova in the fourth round. However, her US Open campaign ended against Vondrousova in a three-straight set 7-6(3), 3-6, 2-6 scoreline. She was World No. 200 before the tournament but leaped to 48 places in the WTA rankings.

After her fine run, she told the WTA that she was aiming for the Top 100 but was happy to get a Top 50 place.

At the start of this year, I told myself by the end of the year, I wanted to be in the Top 100. That happened I think in March or April, so it happened pretty quickly. Then I told myself I wanted to be Top 75, and that happened pretty quickly. Once I cracked that, I told myself I wanted to be top 50. Now I have to make a new goal
she said

However, Stearns is currently ranked at No. 65 due to her several losses this season. She will be hoping to turn the tide around in the Indian Wells tournament.

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