Paris (SID) – After her sensational Grand Slam title in New York, Laura Siegemund and her double partner Wera Swonarewa also got off to a good start at the French Open. The 32-year-old from Metzingen and the Russian won their first round match in Paris on Wednesday against the French women Alize Cornet / Pauline Parmentier 6: 4, 6: 2.
In the second round, the US Open winners will meet Iga Swiatek / Nicole Melichar (Poland / USA) or Danka Kovinic / Xenia Knoll (Montenegro / Switzerland). In New York Siegemund was the first German since Claudia Kohde-Kilsch to win the women’s double competition in 1985.
