Roland Garros: Five things we learned on Day 12 - local lad wins trophy

Edouard Roger-Vasselin from France and Laura Siegemund from Germany won the mixed doubles title. And there were few surprises as Iga Swiatek marched into a fourth final where she will meet Jasmine Paolini.

Good timing

There was something for the partisans to cheer. Edouard Roger-Vasselin from France and Laura Siegemund from Germany claimed the mixed doubles crown. They beat the Anglo-American duo Neal Skupski and Desirae Krawczyk 6-4, 7-5. Ten years ago, Roger-Vasselin won the men's doubles at the French Open with compatriot Julian Benneteau. "It's very special for me to win at home," said Roger-Vasselin. "Laura said yes to me, like, two hours before the deadline to register and at the end of the week we have the trophy."

Out but not over

Top seed and defending champion Iga Swiatek dispatched third seed Coco Gauff from the singles tournament following a 6-2, 6-4 victory on Court Philippe Chatrier. It was Swiatek's 11th success in 12 matches against the American. But Gauff was not too gloomy. "I have the doubles," said the 20-year-old American who has lost to Swiatek three times at the French Open including a straight sets mauling in the 2022 final. "I have a great partner and I feel like we have a good shot to win so I'm focused on that. One thing I learned from the singles final two years ago was I had to play a doubles final the next day and I think I let the negativity of my loss the previous day spill over into another Grand Slam final. Same scenario now basically: singles semi-final, doubles semi-final. I just want to start on a clean slate, try my best to do what I can do to help my teammate."

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