Second seeds Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina fall in women’s doubles

ByEurosport

Updated 07/06/2017 at 21:54 GMT

Second seeds Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina bowed out of the women’s doubles with a 6-1 6-4 defeat to Lucie Hradecka and Katerina Siniakova in the French Open quarter-finals.

Ekaterina Makarova of Russia and Elena Vesnina of Russia

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However, there were no such problems for the top seeds as Lucie Safarova and Bethanie Mattek-Sands progressed to the last four with a 6-2 6-4 victory over Kirsten Flipkens and Francesca Schiavone.

The semi-final line-up will also feature five-time Grand Slam singles champion Martina Hingis and her partner Yung-Jan Chan, plus Australian duo Casey Dellacqua and Ashleigh Barty.

Results from the French Open Women's Doubles Quarterfinal matches on Wednesday

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3-Chan Yung-Jan/Martina Hingis beat Raluca Olaru/Olga Savchuk 6-2 6-1
1-Bethanie Mattek-Sands/Lucie Safarova beat Kirsten Flipkens/Francesca Schiavone 6-2 6-4
6-Lucie Hradecka/Katerina Siniakova (Czech Republic) beat 2-Ekaterina Makarova/Elena Vesnina (Russia) 6-1 6-4
Ashleigh Barty/Casey Dellacqua (Australia) beat Irina Begu/Zheng Saisai 6-3 6-4

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