Ena Shibahara and Wesley Koolhof win French Open mixed doubles final for first Grand Slam title

PARIS: Japan's

Ena Shibahara

and

Wesley Koolhof

of the Netherlands claimed their maiden

Grand Slam

title when they beat Norway's Ulrikke Eikeri and Joran Vliegen of Belgium 7-6(5) 6-2 to win the French Open mixed doubles final on Thursday.

The second seeds cruised through the second set after a tense opener on a sunkissed court Philippe Chatrier as Koolhof added to his 2020 ATP Tour Finals title in the men's doubles.

Shibahara and Koolhof broke early in the first set, only for the Eikeri and Vliegen to break back for 4-5 before the set was decided in a tiebreak, with Shibahara finishing it off at the net for the second-seeded pair to take the lead.

She wrapped up the first final of this year's

Roland Garros

with the pair's sixth ace of the match.