Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini clinch French Open women s doubles title

PARIS – Italian pair Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini achieved the “best thing in the world” as they beat Kazakh Anna Danilina and Serbia’s Aleksandra Krunic 6-4, 2-6, 6-1 to win the women’s doubles title at the French Open on June 8.

It was the first Grand Slam trophy for the second-seeded Italians, who also won the Paris Olympics doubles title on the same court in 2024.

It took them 2hr 15min to seal the victory and become the first Italians to win the Roland Garros women’s doubles title since Errani partnered Roberta Vinci in 2012.

“It’s tennis, we never stop, every day. You just try to be focused every day, and maybe you are not enjoying 100 per cent what is happening, because you cannot stop and feel it,” Errani said during the trophy presentation.

“But right now, I feel it and I am trying to realise what we are doing is so big.

“Winning a Grand Slam is the best thing in the world.”

It was also 38-year-old veteran Errani’s second title this week after clinching the French Open mixed doubles title with compatriot Andrea Vavassori.

Of Errani, Paolini, 29, said: “You are really an inspiration for me. It’s great to have you in my team and sharing these moments with you, it’s something special. You are a legend, for me.”

The pairs traded breaks midway through the first set before the Olympic gold medallists, who had reached the final at the French Open in 2024, bagged it with another break at 5-4.

Danilina, a 2022 Australian Open doubles finalist, and Krunic bounced back, easily earning the second set but they were broken twice at the start of the third as the Italians raced to a 5-0 lead.

The Italians, sixth in the doubles rankings, wrapped up their