Mattek-Sands, Safarova win women’s doubles title at French Open

PARIS, June 11 (Xinhua) — Top seeds Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Safarova showed their dominance on the women’s doubles court as they claimed another Grand Slam title after the Australian Open early this year.

They eased past Australian duo of Ashleigh Barty and Casey Dellacqua 6-2, 6-1 in the 2017 French Open final here on Sunday.

Without any double faults or unforced errors, the duo of Mattek-Sands and Safarova fared stable to break six times to seal the win in just one hour and six minutes.

“We played really well today. We played a good team. We watched them play their semifinal match. They beat another good team in three sets, so we were ready with what they were going to bring out on the court,” said Mattek-Sands.

“We are taking it one match at a time. We enjoy our practice days and off-days,” she said. “We’re really excited for grass. We’re looking forward to Wimbledon. We love playing on grass, and we are going to be ready there too.”

Men’s singles final will be played between the nine-time winner Rafael Nadal and the 2015 champion Stan Wawrinka later on Sunday.