China's plucky Paris pair take positives

PARIS - Despite their loss in Sunday's final, China's women's doubles tandem of Duan Yingying and Zheng Saisai were upbeat about the confidence they gained at the French Open.

Duan and Zheng were defeated 6-2, 6-3 by second-seeded Timea Babos of Hungary and Kristina Mladenovic of France in the final.

"We got chances in the match but let them slide away, and our momentum went down a bit. They played better and better," Zheng said, adding that she and her partner will be better prepared in the future.