Sara Errani warmed up for her singles final by teaming up with fellow Italian Roberta Vinci to win the French Open [ Images ] women's doubles title on Friday by beating seventh-seeded Russians Maria Kirilenko and Nadia Petrova [ Images ] 4-6, 6-4, 6-2.
The fourth seeds, who were runners-up at the 2012 Australian Open [ Images ], claimed their first grand slam title.
Vinci and Errani have also won tournaments this year in Monterrey, Acapulco, Barcelona [ Images ], Madrid and Rome.
Errani, who plays Maria Sharapova [ Images ] in the singles final on Saturday, is the first player since Kim Clijsters [ Images ] in 2003 to reach the singles and doubles finals at Roland Garros [ Images ] in the same year.
She is hoping to emulate Mary Pierce [ Images ] who was the last woman to win both titles at the French Open in 2000.
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