France’s Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic produced an impressive comeback in the French Open women’s doubles final to lift their first team title since 2016.
In the French Open women’s doubles final, home favorites Garcia and Mladenovic recovered from a slow start to beat USA’s Cori Gauff and Jessica Pegula 2-6 6-3 6-2.
Garcia and Mladenovic, who lifted their first Grand Slam team title at the French Open in 2016, have now won their fifth team title.
In 2016, Garcia and Mladenovic lifted four team titles.
Six years after winning their first Grand Slam title as a pair, Garcia and Mladenovic teamed up again at Roland Garros.
Garcia and Mladenovic made it all the way once again and now they are 12-0 as a pair at Roland Garros.
Garcia and Mladenovic produce a big comeback to win the French Open
Garcia and Mladenovic had the first break points of the match but they missed out on a total of five break points in the second game.
Garcia and Mladenovic paid the price for not realizing their break points chances as Gauff and Pegula claimed the first break of the match in the third game to open a 2-1 lead.
Garcia and Mladenovic missed out on two more break points in the sixth game, before Gauff and Pegula earned their second break in the seventh game to open a 5-2 lead.
in th eighth game, Gauff and Pegula routinely served out for the first set.
After losing the first set, Garcia and Mladenovic bounced back at the start of the second set as they claimed back-to-back breaks and opened a 4-0 lead.
Gauff and Pegula refused to quit as they responded with back-to-back breaks and cut the deficit to 3-4.
Blowing a two-break lead didn’t impact Garcia and Mladenovic, who earned their fhird break of the set in the eighth game, before serving out for a decider in the following game.
Gauff and Pegula were visibly down after losing the second set as Garcia and Mladenovic took the advantage of it and opened a 4-0 lead in the third set.
Two breaks of serve were more than enough for Garcia and Mladenovic as they served out the eighth game to complete a big comeback win.