Roland Garros, Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini beaten in women’s doubles final
Roland Garros, Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini beaten in women’s doubles final
Roland Garros ends with a bitter taste in the mouth for Italy: after the defeats of Jannik Sinner in the men’s singles semifinal, Jasmine Paolini in the women’s singles final and Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori in the men’s doubles final, one comes also in the decisive act of the women’s doubles
Paolini herself and Sara Errani were beaten with a score of 7-6 6-3 by the U.S. Coco Gauff and the Czech Katerina Siniakova after an hour and 47 minutes of play. Errani immediately lost her serve on the’1-1 but soon after Siniakova suffered the counterbreak from the blue.
Same sequence on 3-3, then instead on 5-5 Sara finally manages to hold a game of serve, but then Siniakova also holds it and so it goes to the tie-break with the Azzurri going ahead 3-1 and then 5-3 but ending up losing it 7-5.
Unfortunately, Paolini also loses her serve in the second game of the second set but soon after è again Siniakova’s service turn to put the Romagnola and Tuscan back in the running. But Errani is again breached on the’1-2.
Siniakova and Sara again lose their subsequent service turns and then Gauff, the only one who never gave up the serve, goes to serve for the match at 5-3 and does not miss the chance sanctioning the third defeat for Italy out of three finals played in this Roland Garros.
For Coco è the first triumph in a Slam in doubles, for Siniakova, who of the specialty è è was also No. 1, è the eighth success in a Major, the third in Paris after those of 2018 and 2021 with compatriot Barbora Krejcikova, who on the second occasion also won the title in singles.
Sara and Jasmine, on the other hand, are missing the encore of their triumph at the Internazionali d’Italia at the Foro Italico, where in the final they had beaten Gauff herself, who forò in Rome had played as a partner with New Zealand’s Erin Routliffe.
"Playing together with Jasmine gives me joy and fun. I don’t know how long it will last but è always a great pleasure,” Sara said during the award ceremony. “Now the dream è to come back here together to participate in the Olympic tournament".
"For me è it is always special to return to these courts, I have been coming here for so many years,” Errani continued. “This time I have been here for three weeks, I also did the singles qualifiers, and I have to thank the audience and everyone for the support".
" I want to thank you Sara, è a pleasure and a privilege to play with you, I love you – replied Jasmine – For me it has been two really intense weeks, full of emotions and memories. I cannot wait to come back here, one of the most beautiful places in the world for a tennis player”.
