Mattek-Sands, Safarova win French Open women's doubles title

The American/Czech pair defeated unseeded Ashleigh Barty and Casey Dellacqua of Australia 6-2, 6-1 for their third successive major title.

Paris Bethanie Mattek-Sands of the U.S. and Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic kiss the trophy after winning the women's doubles final match of the French Open tennis tournament. (AP) 

PARIS: Top seeds Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Safarova won their fifth Grand Slam women's doubles title on Sunday at the French Open putting them halfway to a calendar Slam.

The American/Czech pair defeated unseeded Ashleigh Barty and Casey Dellacqua of Australia 6-2, 6-1 for their third successive major title.

Mattek-Sands and Safarova were also champions at this year's Australian Open.

They previously captured the 2015 Australian and French Opens as well as the 2016 US Open.