Barbora Krejcikova doubles up at French Open to make mark on history

  • Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova win women’s doubles title
  • Czech is first player to win both Paris titles since Mary Pierce

Not since the 2000 edition of the French Open, when Mary Pierce followed her poignant, emotional singles revival by victoriously teaming up with the great Martina Hingis in doubles, had anyone done the double, winning singles and doubles titles at Roland Garros.

But over the past few days, Barbora Krejcikova has made the feat look easy. One day after a life-changing afternoon in her tennis career when she beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova to win a surprise first singles grand slam title, the Czech returned to the same court with her longtime partner, Katerina Siniakova, and they defeated Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Iga Swiatek 6-4, 6-2 in a match between the two most recent singles champions.

Related: Barbora Krejcikova beats Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova: French Open final – as it happened

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