Krejčíková and Siniaková triumph at Prague Open before setting off for Paris Olympics

Tennis players Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková won the doubles final at the WTA Prague Open on Friday, in advance of their departure for the Paris Olympic Games. They beat the Czech-American duo of Lucie Šafářová and Bethanie Mattek-Sands 6:3, 6:3 on clay at TK Sparta Prague.

On Saturday they will begin defending their Olympic title from the Tokyo Games in 2021 with a first-round duel against the Taiwanese pair Chan Hao-ching (also known as Angel Chan) and Latisha Chan in Paris.

This was Krejčíková and Siniaková's first time playing together as a doubles team since last November, when they took a break at Siniaková's instigation.