The two French women won in three sets in the final against the Gauff-Pegula pair (2-6, 6-3, 6-2).
After the disappointment of the French performances in the singles tournament, the sky cleared up as often with the doubles tournament. Les Bleues won the final against Americans Cori Gauff and Jessica Pegula. After being roughed up in the first set (2-6), the French ladies dropped their shots and started to gain confidence. as a symbol, at the same time as the Philippe Chatrier court began to fill up.
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Despite a small air hole in the middle of the second set, Garcia and Mladenovic came back into the game by inflicting a 6-3 on their opponents. Same demonstration in the 3rd set, where the 3rd match point will have been the good one. Final score: 1-6, 6-3, 6-2. Coco Gauff, 18, therefore lost in her two finals at Roland-Garros (single and double). ” After the end of the first set, we changed our tactics and we believed in it, slips Caroline Garcia. We totally changed our energy level. The fans started to support us, it was a big help. We kept our line until the end, and we continued to improve throughout the game.“As in 2016, Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic made the pair. But this time, they weren’t expecting it. ” It was really unexpected because we haven’t played many doubles in recent years, breathes Kristina Mladenovic. We needed a wild card to enter the table. We took one game after another. You could feel that energy and that confidence rising. These are always very impressive moments to end up in Grand Slam finals. You don’t want to lose them. Today, this atmosphere is memories, moments that we will never forget. It really felt like it was France against the United States. It was a Fed Cup atmosphere. It was great to see all this crowd present for our final today. It was a lot of chills and emotion.»