Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic have won the French Open for their first Grand Slam title in women's doubles. The No. 6-seeded pairing from the Czech Republic beat Eri Hozumi and Makoto Ninomiya of Japan 6-3, 6-3 on Sunday. Krejcikova and Siniakova, who are both 22, were playing in their fifth major tournament together. Siniakova was the doubles runner-up at last year's US Open with a different partner. The unseeded Hozumi and Ninomiya were the first all-Japanese duo to reach a Grand Slam final in women's doubles. They knocked out the top-seeded pair of Timea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic in the quarterfinals.
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