Barbora Krejcikova caps French Open sweep with doubles title

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French Open champion Barbora Krejcikova completed a rare championship sweep at Roland Garros on Sunday after joining fellow Czech Katerina Siniakova to capture the doubles title.

Krejcikova, 25, followed up winning her first singles Grand Slam title on Saturday by becoming the first woman since Mary Pierce in 2000 to win both championships at the clay-court event.

A total of seven women have completed the sweep at French Open after Krejcikova joined Siniakova in posting a 6-4, 6-2 win over Bethanie Mattek-Sands of the United States and Iga Swiatek of Poland.

“Yesterday, so many emotions and everything. I didn’t really sleep well. I woke up in the morning and I felt really ti…

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