French Open 2021: Sands-Swiatek duo defeat Begu and Podorosk and advances to doubles final

They will face the Czech-duo of Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova in the final.

Published : Jun 11, 2021 20:51 IST

Last year's Roland Garros Womens singles champion, Iga Swiatek has a chance to bag gold in doubles after qualifying for the final on Friday.
Last year's Roland Garros Womens singles champion, Iga Swiatek has a chance to bag gold in doubles after qualifying for the final on Friday.
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Last year's Roland Garros Womens singles champion, Iga Swiatek has a chance to bag gold in doubles after qualifying for the final on Friday.

Bethanie Mattek-Sands of the United States and last year Women Singles champion Iga Swiatek (14) of Poland qualified to the doubles final of the French Open on Friday after defeating the duo of Romania's Irina-Camelia Begu and Argentina's Nadia Podoroska, 6-3, 6-4 on Friday.

They will face the Czech-duo of Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova, who won earlier on Friday after getting the better of Magda Linette of Poland and Bernarda Pera of the United States.

READ| French Open 2021: Krejcikova, Siniakova advance to doubles final

Krejcikova also made it to the singles final by beating Maria Sakkari 7-5, 4-6, 9-7 after saving a match point on Thursday. She will be up against Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia in Saturday’s title match.

With inputs from AP

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