KREJCIKOVA SET FOR TWO PARIS FINALS

Barbora Krejcikova is having the time of her life at the French Open, and she could leave Paris with two trophies in her luggage.

After the extraordinary drama of her singles semi-final victory over Maria Sakkari on Thursday, Krejcikova returned to the court yesterday with doubles partner Katerina Siniakova, and a 6-1 6-2 win over Magda Linette and Bernard Pera put her through to another final.

The 25-year-old is the first player since fellow Czech Lucie Safarova in 2015 to reach both finals in the same year, and she could be the first since Mary Pierce 21 years ago to lift both trophies.

This is just her fifth time playing in the main draw of a slam in singles, and in her first final she will take on Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.

Krejcikova said: “I just think it’s going to be a lot of fun. I’m just really going to enjoy it because I was never expecting to be this far during this tournament. I’m just going to have fun and just going to enjoy and fight until the end.”

Whoever wins will give the French Open a sixth first-time slam champion in a row.

Pavlyuchenkova said: “I was very close to the semi-finals a couple of times, but then it wouldn’t happen. But I feel like I’m there.”