A pair of Eina Shibahara and Wesley Koolhof of the Netherlands won the mixed doubles final of the French Open, one of the four major tennis tournaments, with a set count of 2-0.
It is the first time in 25 years that a Japanese player has won the French Open mixed doubles.
The pair of Shibahara and Koolhoff, who advanced to the final in the French Open mixed doubles, played against a pair of Norwegian and Belgian players on the 2nd.
The match started from the first set, but Shibahara's pair did not lose focus and accumulated points to score 7-6.
In the second set that followed, when he broke first and grabbed the flow, Shibahara's net play and shots with slow and fast shots shook off the opponent's counterattack, took it 6-2 and won the straight victory with a set count of 2-0. did.
It is the first time in 25 years since Rika Hiraki won the French Open mixed doubles championship in 1997.