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French Open 2023: Leylah Fernandez-Taylor Townsend Knock Out Jessica Pegula-Coco Gauff Duo Out Of Women's Doubles To Enter Final

Gauff and Pegula were last year바카라™s runner-ups in women바카라™s doubles at Roland Garros, where the Americans lost to Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic.

The duo will face unseeded Hsieh Su-Wei and Wang Xinyu in the final on Sunday.
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Leylah Fernandez and Taylor Townsend reached the women바카라™s doubles final at the French Open by beating second-seeded Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula 6-0, 6-4 on Friday. (More Tennis News)

The Canadian-American pair, seeded 10th, will face unseeded Hsieh Su-Wei of Taiwan and Wang Xinyu of China in Sunday바카라™s final. Hsieh and Wang upset sixth-seeded Nicole Melichar-Martinez and Ellen Perez 6-2, 3-6, 6-3.

Gauff and Pegula were last year바카라™s runner-up in women바카라™s doubles at Roland Garros, where the Americans lost to Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic.

The 37-year-old Hsieh is a four-time Grand Slam doubles champion. Hsieh and Peng Shuai won the women바카라™s doubles title at the 2014 French Open.

It will be the first Grand Slam final in doubles for Fernandez, the 2021 U.S. Open runner-up in singles.

Townsend, in her only other major final, was runner-up with Caty McNally at last year바카라™s U.S. Open to Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova.

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