When she returned to the place of her triumph the next day, there was still plenty of room in the stands of the Philippe Chatrier Court;

At lunchtime, the French traditionally sits at dinner and not at tennis, and nobody could have suspected that the big winner of the day before would also be there in doubles.

But Barbora Krejcíková would certainly have played for her second title on Court 14 without ball children and referees, inspired and carried by the events of this sunny summer weekend on the Seine.

In Paris in the recent past many dreams have come true in women's tennis; Five years ago the Spaniard Garbiñe Muguruza won her first title in a Grand Slam tournament, twelve months later Jelena Ostapenko from Latvia stormed to victory, completely surprising. In 2018 Simona Halep rewarded herself in the third attempt at a grand finale, followed by the current number one in women's tennis, Ashleigh Barty, and finally, last year, Iga Swiatek with a breath of fresh air and the power of positive thinking. So now the 25-year-old Barbora Krejcíková is continuing the series, and if one were looking for a term as a basis for the remarkable event, it would have to be this: Legacy fulfilled.

The tennis family had watery eyes a few times this weekend because so many memories were conjured up of the mentor and former coach of the Czech winner, the much-loved Jana Novotná.

At 18 and unsure about her future as a player, Barbora Krejcíková and her parents came to the Wimbledon winner of 98 in their hometown of Brno with a request for advice.

A few days later they met for a game and, to the young player's great joy and surprise, a lasting bond emerged.

Jana Novotná promised to take care of herself, and in the three years they shared up until her untimely death in December 2017, she sown the seeds.

Get a Grand Slam title

Barbora Krejcíková feels that she is in good hands and protected in this garden to this day.

Before every game and after every game, she thinks of Novotná, wondering what her friend up there in heaven would say about her performance.

Her last personal words on earth (get yourself a Grand Slam title) kept ringing in her ears, but above all she remembered one piece of advice for life: It doesn't matter how many titles you win.

You always have to say hello, please and thank you;

it is important that you behave well.

With her down-to-earth, direct and friendly manner, the latest heiress of the great Czech tradition away from the field convinces, in the game she remained true to her line in the two weeks of the tournament even in tricky situations, including the victory in three sets in the final against Anastassija Pavlyuchnkova.

And just as with Iga Swiatek a year ago, it became clear again this time that the fastest legs and a good hand are of little use if you don't care about exercising and controlling your thoughts. In Paris, Krejcíková reported remarkably frankly how she had sat in the dressing room in tears before her quarter-finals, plagued by fear of failure, and how conversations with her psychologist had helped her in this situation as well as later before the final.

Calmly and confident in her abilities, she accepted the task in the first major individual final of her career, proudly received the trophy after the victory from the hands of the legendary Martina Navratilova and would have loved to take the trophy to bed with her.

She somehow managed to get her thoughts back on track a few hours later after all the events of the greatest day of her career.

First “double” since Mary Pierce

After a short sleep and on tired legs, she returned to the Philippe Chatrier court on Sunday lunchtime with her long-time partner Katerina Siniaková and, with a sovereign victory against Swiatek and the American Bethanie Mattek-Sands, grabbed the next trophy in doubles, the third at a grand Slam tournament. Eight years after the two tried it together for the first time at the same juncture and promptly won. She is the first player since Mary Pierce in 2000, who won both titles in Paris in one year. In doubles, Barbora Krejcíková moves back to the top of the world rankings, in singles she is now 15th, around a hundred places better than a year ago at the same time.

And what did she have to say when she left? “After everything that has happened here in these two weeks, and especially the last two days, I feel relieved and relaxed. I just know that from now on I can really enjoy myself because I've achieved everything I ever wanted to have. It can only get better now. ”Flowers are in bloom in the Legacy Garden.