Top seeds Siniakova and Townsend clinch French Open women’s doubles title

PARIS (Agencies): Katerina Siniakova and Taylor Townsend powered their way to their first French Open triumph together, beating second ​seeds Anna Danilina and Aleksandra Krunic 6-2 7-5 in Sunday’s ‌doubles final. The top seeds weathered an early slump in the second set when Czech Siniakova netted multiple returns, but American Townsend’s clinical winners got them ​back in the contest before Siniakova’s powerful serving clinched their ​third Grand Slam title as a pair. “I don’t know which ⁠time I’m congratulating you again, I’m kind of getting sick of ​this,” Krunic jokingly told the 30-year-old Siniakova, who has now won ​11 Grand Slam titles in women’s doubles, including four at Roland Garros. Kazakhstan’s Danilina and Serbian Krunic have now lost two French Open finals in a row, ​after also losing the Australian Open final in January. The second ​seeds controlled the net in the first four games as the scoreline remained ‌even. ⁠But Siniakova’s powerful overhead lobs, often set up by Townsend’s serves out wide, helped the top seeds to win the next four games. An early break put Danilina and Krunic 3-0 up in the second ​set but Townsend’s ​lethal winners ⁠helped the Czech-American duo to get back the break in the seventh game. The top seeds then ​saved three set points to make it 5-5, before ​getting a ⁠decisive break that sealed the title. “It really has been a long seven weeks for me being away from my son… so it really ⁠means a ​lot to me to be able to ​bring this trophy home to him,” said Townsend, as an emotional Siniakova fought back ​tears.