Oksana Kalashnikova of Georgia and Katarzyna Piter of Poland defeated McHale of America and Scheepers of South Africa 2:6, 7:6 (7:4), 6:1 in the first doubles round of French Open.

The match lasted more than 2 hours. The second set turned out the most dramatic. It lasted almost an hour. Oksana and Katarzyna won it 7:4 on tie-break.

Kalashnikova and Piter used 6 from 8 break-points and lost their serve 6 times. The Georgian-Polish duet has not served an ace, had 2 double faults and won 98 rallies.

Kalashnikova and Piter earned 130-130 ranking points. In 1/16 final they will play either Peschke-Srebotnik or Davis-Moulton-Levy.