Aleksandra Krunić is one step from the biggest doubles result of her career, with the Roland Garros women’s doubles final set for Sunday at 11:00 on Court Philippe Chatrier. She and Kazakh partner Ana Danilina will face Katerina Siniakova and Taylor Townsend for the title.
That makes the match far more than a routine final. Krunić and Danilina already reached this same stage at Roland Garros last year and lost to Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini, and they also came up short in the Australian Open final this season. Another defeat would leave the pair with more near misses than silverware at the biggest tournaments, while a win would put Krunić at the center of a historic Serbian milestone.
For Serbia, a title in Paris would complete a unique sequence: the country would have a Grand Slam champion in every senior tennis competition. That is why Sunday’s final matters now, not just as another championship match but as a chance to turn a long run of close calls into a result that would sit apart from the rest of Krunić’s career.
The pressure is built into the matchup. Siniakova and Townsend arrive with the same target in front of them, but Krunić and Danilina carry the sharper memory of what has already slipped away. They have reached the last match before and left without the trophy. On Sunday, they get one more chance to finish the job on the biggest court at Roland Garros.
