Neal Skupski and Desirae Krawczyk have just made it to their first French Open mixed doubles final as a partnership. The fourth seeds managed to secure a victory over the seventh seeds in the semi-final match on Wednesday, with a score of 6-1 6-7 (2-7) 10-4 on Court Simonne Mathieu.
Their opponents in the final will be the second seeds Laura Siegemund and Edouard Roger-Vasselin, representing Germany and France respectively. Skupski and Krawczyk have previously won the Wimbledon mixed doubles title twice and were runners-up in the Australian Open earlier this year. Despite these achievements, their current run in Paris marks their best performance together so far. It is worth noting that Krawczyk had won the French Open title with Joe Salisbury, another Briton, in 2021.
Meanwhile, Salisbury was in action on Wednesday in the men’s doubles quarter-finals, playing alongside American Rajeev Ram. The third seeds took the lead by winning the opening set but eventually lost to the Italian duo Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori, who were seeded 11th. The final set scores were 1-6 6-3 6-4, resulting in a disappointing exit for Salisbury and Ram.
