This Friday at Roland Garros, the Czech pair won Olympic gold in mixed doubles. The two tennis champions were a couple in life until they broke up recently.
Katerina Siniakova and Tomasz Machak celebrated mixed doubles victory at the Olympic Games (OG) this Friday, August 2, after a thrilling match to win the gold medal. The Czech pair won the Chinese pair Zhizhen Zhang-Xinyu Wang with the final score of 6-2, 5-7, 10-8.
With this Olympic gold medal, Katerina Siniakova, the 28-year-old doubles player and former world number one, adds this Olympic title to an already impressive career rich with nine Grand Slam titles, mostly won with compatriot Barbora Krejcikova. Tomas Macak continues his progress at the age of 23 and now ranks 51st in the world.
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In the city as a couple
But it’s not just on the court that the Czech duo are making headlines. In the city, Katerina Siniakova and Tomas Machak were a couple for some time. Even if the idyll was short-lived. After a few months of dating, the couple broke up just before the Paris Games. “Why did Tomas Machak and Katerina Siniakova break up?” What effect does this have on their participation in the Paris Olympics? Mostly sports July 29.
Asked about this, Katerina Siniakova confirmed the split at the Prague Open in late July, before confirming it would not affect their performance at the Games. “Yes, that’s true, but it’s a private matter. Of course we will play together, we are professionals,” he announced at the time Mostly sportsAfter defeating the Zverev-Zigemund couple.
His split with Tomasz Machak didn’t really have any effect on their coordination on the clay court at Roland Garros. The duo eventually won Port d’Otioll’s Olympic crown at stake. Their victory was also marked by a moment of complicity. After the game point, Tomasz Macak couldn’t help but kiss his former partner on the court. A moment that reignites the fire between the two Czech athletes.
Source: Le Figaro
