Roland Garros, Errani and Vavassori once again mixed doubles champions

It still speaks Italian Roland Garros. Sara Errani e Andrea Vavassorithey won the tournament mixed doubles.The blue duo – credited with the first seed in the draw – beat Gabriela Dabrowski (canadese) ed Evan King (americano) 4-6 6-3 10-4 in an hour and 22 minutes of play. Errani and Vavassori were already title holders having also won the 2025 edition sull’accoppiata Usa Taylor Townsend ed Evan King 6-4 6-2.

This is their fourth Slam in the specialty after the 2024 and 2025 US Opens and the 2025 Roland Garros. Previously the only ‘Italian’ success in the Parisian mixed race dated back to 1958, with Nicola Pietrangeli and the British Shirley Bloomer.
They are the first couple to lift the Marcel Bernard Coupe to the skies two years in a row in Paris after the Croatian Ivan Dodig and the Taiwanese Latisha Chan, champions in 2017 and 2018 against Dabrowski, at the time paired with Mate Pavic. This time the Canadian was the worst on the court and made many errors from the baseline after a first set won 6-4 but after she and King had been ahead 4-0.

Errani: “It’s a dream that’s still alive”

“This is a dream that is still alive,” commented Errani, “Andrea is my best friendit’s crazy to play with him… he’s too good. Thanks to our teams, without you none of this would be possible. We are happy to live these moments.” “Thank you Sara – Vavassori replied – you are my best friend. You’re the first person I talk to when I lose a game. I’m happy to share this journey with you, every day is an extraordinary journey.”

For Errani it is the tenth Slam title

The triumph of Errani and Vavassori confirms the great moment of Italian tennis which also led to Roland Garros Flavio Cobolli and Matteo Arnaldi in the semifinals in the men’s singles and Vavassori himself, at the age of 31, could get close to his first Slam title tomorrow paired with Simone Bolelli in the semi-final of the men’s doubles against the numbers one Granollers and Zeballos. For the 39-year-old from Emilia it is the fiftieth title in the major circuit between women’s singles, women’s doubles and mixed doubles and even the tenth Slam trophy.

Arnaldi’s words and the semi-final

“We both played a lot and it’s normal to not be at our best, but I would never have wanted to win like this. I can only wish him to come back soon and play well on grass. I’m a little tired, but I train and play tennis to play these matches and these tournaments. Today I was more tired than other times, but I’m here and I’m having fun”, the words, in the on-court interview, of Arnaldiwho he will face in the semi-final Flavio Cobolliin the first Italian derby ever – for men – in one semifinal Slam.

Cobolli’s comeback

In the afternoon the blue – tenth seeded in the draw – eliminated in a comeback Happy Auger-Also also winning the first semifinal Slam of his career: 4-6 6-4 6-4 6-4, in three hours and 24 minutes of play, the score in favor of the 24-year-old from Rome, who beats Aliassime for the third time in three matches. Italy which will bring a different tennis player to the Major final Sinner for the first time since 2021 (Wimbledon Berrettini-Djokovic). “I think two different matches were played today. In the first set there was a lot of wind and it was difficult to play, I went to the locker room to reflect. Then I managed to fight and express my tennis because I had the feeling that it was the chance of my life. It’s the best week of my life and there’s only something missing, I’ll have to keep fighting”, the words, in the on-court interview, of Cobolliwhich will enter top ten at the end of Roland Garros if Jakub Mensik does not win the tournament.

Panatta’s dream

“Now I dream of rewarding another Italian”, declared the former Davis Cup and Roland Garros champion, Adriano Panatta, who will reward the winner of the Major he won in ’76: “After Sinner’s elimination I said that we had a team ready to do well, but all this is not a given.” Cobolli overtook Auger-Aliassime in a comeback: “Physically he’s very strong, he just needed continuity. He’s now a top ten player.” The one in Paris is not a tournament like the others: “I have a sentimental relationship with Roland Garros – continues Panatta -. Before everyone asked me if after 50 years an Italian could win at the Forum and it happened with Jannik, now they ask me the same thing about Paris and I am the first to hope for it”.