Garcia Reaches Women’s Doubles Final at the French Open

Caroline Garcia has reached her first Grand Slam women’s doubles final…

The 22-year-old part-Spanish tennis player and her partner Kristina Mladenovic beat Margarita Gasparyan and Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 in Friday’s semifinal at the French Open.

Caroline Garcia & Kristina Mladenovic

The all-French team, the obvious local favorites at Roland Garros, will face off against Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina of Russia in the final.

Last year, Garcia reached the third round at the French Open with then partner Katarina Srebotnik.

But this year, Garcia and Mladenovic won the women’s doubles title at the Mutua Madrid Open, defeating the No. 1 seeded team of Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza in the final, 6–4, 6–4.

Muguruza Defeats Svetlana Kuznetsova to Reach Third Consecutive French Open Quarterfinal

Make that three in a row for Garbine Muguruza

The 22-year-old Spanish-Venezuelan tennis player defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova in the fourth round to advance to the quarterfinals of the French Open for a third straight year.

Garbine Muguruza

The array of shots and maturity the No. 4 seed deployed in an intensely fought 6-3, 6-4 win against the 2009 champion strengthened the argument that Muguruza could soon be challenging Serena Williams for the top spot in women’s tennis.

Muguruza started at lightning pace, serving an ace with her first and third balls. In the last game, she stayed cool during five match points to finish off the 13th-seeded Russian.

Standing in the way of her second semifinal at a Grand Slam tournament is Shelby Rogers. The 108th-ranked American who’d never made it out of the third round at a major beat Irina-Camelia Begu 6-3, 6-4. The Romanian, seeded No. 25, is the third seeded player to fall to Shelby in her march to the quarterfinals.

Suarez Navarro Wins Her First-Ever WTA Singles Title at the Portugal Open

Carla Suarez Navarro is no longer a bridesmaid…

The 25-year-old Spanish tennis player has won her first career WTA singles title, taking the winner’s trophy after a hard-fought women’s final at the Portugal Open.

Carla Suarez Navarro

Suarez Navarro, currently ranked No. 16 in the world, outlasted Russia’s Svetlana Kuznetsova6-4, 3-6, 6-4 to hold up the winner’s prize.

The Spaniard had lost her previous five WTA singles finals, including last year’s tournament in Oeiras, where she lost to another Russian player, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, 5-7, 2-6.