2-time French doubles champ Caroline Garcia leads France tennis team at Olympics
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PARIS (AP) — Two-time French Open doubles champion Caroline Garcia was selected in the France tennis team for the Paris Olympics on Friday but not her frequent partner Kristina Mladenovic.
Gael Monfils of France returns he ball to Thiago Seyboth Wild, of Brazil during their first round match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Monday, May 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
Garcia and Mladenovic won at Roland Garros — the Olympic venue next month — in 2016 and 2022. Their most recent Grand Slam appearance was at the Australian Open, where they reached the quarterfinals. They haven't played together on the tour since February.
France's Corentin Moutet celebrates winning a point during his fourth round match of the French Open tennis tournament against Italy's Jannik Sinner at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Sunday, June 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
Mladenovic is a former doubles No. 1 who has slipped to No. 55. She has nine Grand Slam doubles titles, including four French.
Garcia played only singles at Roland Garros this month and bowed out in the second round.
She will play the Olympic doubles with Diane Parry. Also in the women's team were Clara Burel and Varvara Gracheva.
Edouard Roger-Vaselin, who won the French Open mixed doubles this month, will join Fabien Reboul in the men's doubles.
France's Arthur Fils plays a forehand against Germany's Alexander Zverev during their quarter-finals ATP Tennis match in Halle, Germany, Friday June 21, 2024. (Friso Gentsch/dpa via AP)
Gael Monfils was picked for his fourth Olympics. The 37-year-old Monfils previously got as far as the quarterfinals at Beijing in 2008 and Rio de Janeiro in 2016.
Also on the men's team were Ugo Humbert, Arthur Fils, and Corentin Moutet.
The Olympic tennis starts July 27.
France's Varvara Gracheva plays a shot against Russia's Mirra Andreeva during their fourth round match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Monday, June 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
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