Tennis-Top seeds Siniakova and Townsend clinch French Open women's doubles title

Tennis - French Open - Roland Garros, Paris, France - June 7, 2026 Czech Republic's Katerina Siniakova and Taylor Townsend of the U.S. react during the women's doubles final against Serbia's Aleksandra Krunic and Kazakhstan's Anna Danilina REUTERS/Stephanie Lecocq

PARIS, ⁠June 7 (Reuters) - ⁠Katerina Siniakova and ‌Taylor Townsend powered their way to ​the first French ⁠Open ⁠triumph together, beating second ⁠seeds ‌Anna Danilina ⁠and Aleksandra Krunic 6-2 ​7-5 ‌in Sunday's doubles ⁠final.

Czech ​Republic's Siniakova, a veteran ⁠in the format ​with 11 Grand Slam titles ⁠in women's doubles, has now won three ​majors ⁠with American Townsend.

(Reporting ​by ‌Chiranjit Ojha in ​BengaluruEditing by Tomasz Janowski)