This year's French Open has come to an end, with a Chinese pair taking the women's double's crown.

Top-ranked Peng Shuai and Hsieh Suwei from Taiwan earned their second Grand Slam title by defeating Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci of Italy 6-4, 6-1 in the final.

Speaking in an exclusive interview with CRI, Peng says she also hopes to improve on her singles play in the future.

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"I will definitely keep working on my doubles play. In terms of singles play, I hope I could claim my own singles title sometime in the future. My goal is to reach world top 10. I think what really matters is trying my best. I hope I can advance in both doubles and singles play."

In single's action, clay king Rafael Nadal downed Novak Djokovic in the men's singles final.

The Spainard dropped the first set 3-6, but then went on to down the Slovak 7-5, 6-2, 6-4 to win his ninth French Open title.

With the win, Nadal becomes the first person to win five French Open titles in a row.

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"The most important thing today is I won the most important tournament of the world in clay, probably the most important tournament of the year for me. I did a lot of times. I think was an emotional victory after what happened in Australia."

Nadal is now tied with American Pete Sampras with 14 grand slam singles titles, just three shy of Roger Federer.

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In the women's singles final on Saturday,

Maria Sharapova survived a midway lapse to defend her French Open title with a 6-4, 6-7, 6-4 victory over 4th seeded Simona Halep.

Sharapova has now won five Grand Slam titles, taking her to joint-11th on the all-time list alongside Martina Hingis.