Tennis gamers Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková dominated within the basic spherical earlier than defending their Olympic gold on the home WTA match in Prague.
In at the moment’s doubles closing, they defeated the Czech-American couple Lucie Šafářová and Bethanie Matteková-Sandsová 6:3, 6:3 on clay in Stromovka.
The winners will journey to Paris at the moment, the place they may defend their three-year-old triumph from Tokyo from Saturday.
Event primary Krejčíková and Siniaková carried out collectively for the primary time since final November, after they took a break at Siniaková’s instigation.
In preparation for the Olympic begin, they went via the competitors with out shedding a set. In Paris, they may have a 1st spherical duel on Saturday in opposition to the Taiwanese couple Chan Chao-Ling, Chan Yung-zhan.
Thirty-seven-year-old Šafářová topped her short-term return to the courts in Prague, throughout which she performed in tournaments in Olomouc and Staré Splavy this 12 months.
With Matteková-Sands, with whom she gained 5 Grand Slam titles, she performed after virtually six years.
Krejčíková and Siniaková had the event of the ultimate of their palms from the start. Though they misplaced a 2-0 lead, they broke their opponents’ serve once more within the fifth recreation and gained the opening set in 37 minutes.
Additionally within the second set, a number of Grand Slam champions Krejčíková and Siniaková obtained an early break and ran to a 3:0 lead. They then served the duel to win.
Girls’s tennis match in Prague (clay, subsidy $267,082):
Singles – closing: Linetteová (4-Pol.) – Frechová (6-Pol.) 6:2, 6:1.
Doubles – Remaining: Krejčíková, Siniakova (1-CR) – SafarovaMatteková-Sandsová (CZ/USA) 6:3, 6:3.
