Paris – Bethanie Mattek-Sands, a Rochester, Minn., native, teamed with Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic to win the French Open women's doubles title on Sunday.
Mattek-Sands and Safarova beat Casey Dellacqua and Yaroslava Shvedova 3-6, 6-4, 6-2, a day after Safarova lost to Serena Williams in a three-set women's final.
Safarova and Mattek-Sands fell into each other's arms and jumped up and down to celebrate their second Grand Slam victory; they also won the Australian Open.
A delighted Mattek-Sands kissed Safarova several times on the cheek before they congratulated their opponents warmly at the net.
Mattek-Sands was quick to praise the efforts of Safarova.
"You've played almost every single day," Mattek-Sands told Safarova. "You've done an amazing job."
Mattek-Sands then marveled at the trophy. Reading the list of winners out loud, she said "Gigi Fernandez won this like, 75 times in a row. [Martina] Navratilova, too."
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