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Safarova teams up with Mattek-Sands to win French Open doubles

June 08, 2015 00:17 IST

Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Safarova celebrate pose with the trophy after the women's doubles final match against Casey Dellacqua and Yaroslava Shvedova on day fifteen of the 2015 French Open. Photograph: Julian Finney/Getty Images

Lucie Safarova made sure she left Roland Garros with at least one winner's trophy after the Czech left-hander and Bethanie Mattek-Sands won the women's doubles title on Sunday.

Less than 24 hours after losing to Serena Williams in the singles final, Czech Safarova and American Mattek-Sands beat Casey Dellacqua and Yaroslava Shvedova 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 in front of a sparse crowd on Philippe Chatrier Court.

It was their second successive major title following success at the Australian Open in January.

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