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Mahut, Herbert capture French Open doubles title

Paris - French sixth seeds Nicolas Mahut and Pierre-Hugues Herbert won their third Grand Slam men's doubles title on Saturday by seeing off Croatia's Mate Pavic and Oliver Marach of Austria 6-2, 7-6 (7/4) in the French Open final.

Mahut and Herbert also claimed the titles at the US Open in 2015 and Wimbledon in 2016.

Results from day 14 of the French Open at Roland Garros on Saturday (x denotes seeding):

Women

Final

Simona Halep (ROM x1) bt Sloane Stephens (USA x10) 3-6, 6-4, 6-1

Men doubles

Final

Nicolas Mahut/Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA x6) bt Oliver Marach/Mate Pavic (AUT/CRO x2) 6-2, 7-6 (7/4)

Boys

Final

Chun Hsin Tseng (TPE x4) bt Sebastian Baez (ARG x1) 7-6 (7/5), 6-2

Girls

Final

Cori Gauff (USA x16) bt Caly McNally (USA) 1-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7/1)


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