Weeks 21 & 22 - French Open (Roland-Garros) - Paris, France (clay) - women's doubles

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Weeks 21 & 22 - French Open (Roland-Garros) - Paris, France (clay) - women's doubles

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
L32: Marta Kostyuk & Elena-Gabriela Ruse (UKR/ROU) CR 150 (66+84) defeated (ALT) Samantha Murray Sharan & Heather Watson CR 139 (99+140) by 6-2 7-6(6)

Just making this "official":

L32: (3) Gabriela Dabrowski & Giuliana Olmos (CAN/MEX) CR 21 (6+15) "defeated" (ALT) Emina Bektas (USA) & Tara Moore CR 177 (89+88) by a walkover cry

indiana · Tennis legend

JonH comes home wrote:
wolf wrote:
dodrade wrote:
wolf wrote:
Alicia & Olivia will be first alts now if they're kicking around and still 16 first round matches still to play (only takes 1 player out of 64 to pull out).
I think they're already back home on the grass.
Well they should have been in Paris as there was a walkover in the last first round match so they would have got in.
Patience would have been a virtue. What a miss!

Yes, pretty stupid choice if you ask me. I assume in total there were quite a few withdrawals but it was always possible. Pity.

indiana · Tennis legend

JonH comes home wrote:
Surprised no body has commented on Tara and Emina pulling out - any one seen any news saying why?

I guess no-one has any news and hence no comments. What a big disappointment for them not to be able to even get to court.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Great doubles final, with an 'interesting' backstory

France is thrilled, and very noisy, as Kiki and Caro take the title, as wildcards.

This is 6 years after they won it previously.

More importantly, maybe, it's after the two of them had a VERY public, VERY cantankerous, VERY bitter falling out, all to do with tennis, the Davis Cup, the FFT, a whole heap of other things - which basically led to the two of them not speaking for several years.

But this year they decided to 'make up' and be friends

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Coup Droit wrote:
Great doubles final, with an 'interesting' backstory

France is thrilled, and very noisy, as Kiki and Caro take the title, as wildcards.

This is 6 years after they won it previously.

More importantly, maybe, it's after the two of them had a VERY public, VERY cantankerous, VERY bitter falling out, all to do with tennis, the Davis Cup, the FFT, a whole heap of other things - which basically led to the two of them not speaking for several years.

But this year they decided to 'make up' and be friends

Bless.

indiana · Tennis legend

Some day indeed, CD.

I was aware of a fair amount of the backstory but had completely missed that they were back together and even playing together here, let alone through to the final. I just knew that Gauff had made a second final but certainly not that that Kiki & Caro were on the other side of the net.

the addict · Tennis legend

They did play together in the AO this year, but neither of them have played a lot of doubles over the last couple of years. Great to see them playing together again and enjoying it so much.

markymc1983 · Club Coach

I get the impression that Kiki is highly strung (pun intended )