Swiatek brushes aside Gauff to win second French Open title
PARIS: Iga Swiatek cruised to her second French Open title by dominating teenager Coco Gauff in the final on Saturday (Jun 4), as the world number one claimed her 35th successive victory.
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Gauff runner-up at French Open for second time
Coco Gauff suffered a second heartbreaking French Open final defeat when she and American partner Jessica Pegula were beaten by Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic in the women's doubles final on Sunday.
American team of Coco Gauff, Jessica Pegula lose in French Open women's doubles final
France's Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic have earned their second women's doubles championship at Roland Garros as a team with a 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 victory over the American pairing of singles runner-up Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula.
French Open: Caroline Garcia, Kristina Mladenovic Win Women's Doubles Title
Coco Gauff suffered a second heartbreaking French Open final defeat when she and American partner Jessica Pegula were beaten by Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic in the women's doubles final on Sunday. The French pair won 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 to add the 2022 title to their 2016 Roland Garros triumph. On Saturday, 18-year-old Gauff had lost the singles final in straight sets to Iga Swiatek of Poland.
French Open 2022: Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic beat Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula in women's doubles final
For the second day in a row, Coco Gauff suffered heartbreak in a final as she and Jessica Pegula were beaten by Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic in the women’s doubles. The American teenager was in tears after being brushed aside by Iga Swiatek in the singles final on Saturday. She looked like shrugging off that defeat when her and Pegula raced to the first set, but the French pair powered back and stormed to a 2-6 6-3 6-2 win.
More Paris heartbreak for Gauff as Mladenovic, Garcia win French Open women's doubles title
Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic recovered from a set down to beat Americans Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 on Sunday and lift the French Open women's doubles title for the second time. For Gauff, it was a second final defeat in less than 24 hours, after the 18-year-old lost in straight sets by top seed Iga Swiatek in Saturday's singles final. Garcia and Mladenovic won the title in 2016 and for the latter it was a fourth women's doubles crown at Roland Garros after also triumphing in 2019 and 2020 with Timea Babos.
French Open: Rafael Nadal and Casper Ruud meet in 2022 final, live stream, how to watch on TV, order of play
The French Open is close to finding out the second of its two singles champions, and Day 15 sees Rafael Nadal take on Casper Ruud in the final on Sunday. The experienced Spaniard seeks to extend his eye-watering record at Roland-Garros, chasing his 14th title on the Parisian clay, whilst the Norwegian Ruud is after his first Grand Slam trophy.
French Open 2022: Iga Swiatek Brushes Aside Coco Gauff To Win Second Roland Garros Title
Iga Swiatek cruised to her second French Open title by dominating teenager Coco Gauff in the final on Saturday, as the world number one claimed her 35th successive victory. The 21-year-old Pole stormed to a 6-1, 6-3 win in only 68 minutes on Court Philippe Chatrier, equalling Venus Williams' record for the longest winning run by a woman in the 21st century. Swiatek celebrated her sixth straight title this year in the players' box with her friends and family.