Alabama Women’s Tennis Alum Alexa Guarachi is in the French Open Doubles Final
10/9/2020 2:36:00 PM | Women's Tennis
Guarachi and Desirae Krawczyk battled back throughout their semifinals match against Iga Swiatek and Nicole Melichar, eventually winning 7-6(5), 1-6, 6-4
PARIS - Alabama women's tennis alum Alexa Guarachi and partner Desirae Krawczyk are headed to the women's doubles final of the French Open after a grueling back-and-forth semifinals match at Roland Garros Stadium in Paris.
"I cannot believe it," Guarachi told the press after the match. "The game was so difficult, for a long time it was back and forth. We fought throughout the game and when the last ball came out it was hard to believe. It's a dream come true."
Guarachi and Krawczyk needed three sets to secure the win for just the second time during their run to the finals, winning the first and third sets over Iga Swiatek and Nicole Melichar.
After going down 5-2 in the first set, the duo battled back to 6-6 before winning the tiebreaker 7-5. After falling 6-1 in the second, Guarachi and Krawczyk fell behind early in the third before knotting it up at 4-4 and taking the last two games to win the set 6-4 and take the match.
Following the semis win, Guarachi and Krawczyk will face No. 2-seed Timea Babos and Kristina Miadenovic in the Grand Slam final on Sunday.
Guarachi and Krawczyk, seeded No. 14 coming into the week, made it to the semifinals after knocking off No. 7-seeded duo of Shuko Aoyama and Ena Shibahara, 6-0, 6-4. Guarachi was making her first quarterfinal appearance in a Grand Slam and is now just one win away from the finals.
Guarachi and Krawczyk advanced to the quarterfinals by upsetting the No. 1 doubles tandem in the world and the Open's No. 1 seed, Hsieh Su-wei and Barbora Strýcová, in straight sets, 6-4, 7-5, in the round of 16.
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