French Open: Fernandez-Townsend beat Gauff-Pegula to reach women’s doubles final

Paris, June 9 : The No.10 seeds Leylah Fernandez and Taylor Townsend needed just 64 minutes to book their place in the first Grand Slam final together, defeating No.

2 seeds Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula 6-0, 6-4 in the womens doubles semifinals at the French Open, here on Friday.With this, Townsend advanced to her second major final, having been runner-up alongside Caty McNally at last years US Open to Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova.

For Fernandez, the 2021 US Open runner-up in singles, the result marked her first Grand Slam final in doubles.They will face either No.6 seeds Nicole Melichar-Martinez and Ellen Perez or the unseeded Hsieh Su-Wei and Wang Xinyu for the title.The Canadian-American duo first teamed up at Indian Wells in March, and their record together now stands at 14-4.

The defeat of Gauff and Pegula reverses the result of the Miami final, which the all-American team won 7-6(6), 6-2.Townsend also exacted a measure of revenge for last years Roland Garros semifinals, which -- partnering Madison Keys -- she lost 6-4, 7-6(4) to Gauff and Pegula.ak/bsk #French #GauffPegula #womens #doubles #Miami #Madison #Paris #Miami.