Gabriela Dabrowski and Rohan Bopanna fended off two match points Thursday before winning the mixed doubles title at the French Open.
Dabrowski, who is from Canada, and her Indian partner rallied to beat Anna-lena Groenefeld of Germany and Robert Farah of Colombia 2-6, 6-2, 12-10 for their first Grand Slam title.
"As an athlete, when you start playing tennis, you want to win a Grand Slam," Bopanna said.
Bopanna and Dabrowski, who were seeded seventh and had not dropped a set before the final, faced two match points when trailing 9-7 in the tiebreaker.
"I think Gaby came out with a great return on, I think, 9-8 when Robert served. She trusted her instinct and hit a great backhand," Bopanna said. "I think that's what made these matches more special."
Groenefeld, who was looking for another mixed doubles title at the clay-court major after winning in 2014 alongside Jean-Julien Rojer, double-faulted on match point to hand Bopanna and Dabrowski the victory.
Halep, ostapenko in Final
Simona Halep defeated No 2 Karolina Pliskova to reach the French Open final, where she will face the unseeded Jelena Ostapenko.
Third-seeded Halep won 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, clinching the victory on the first of her two match points when Pliskova sent a return long.
Halep broke early in the third set and threatened to break again in the fifth game but Pliskova saved with an ace and went on to hold.
Pliskova then broke to level the set but Halep broke straight back to leave the Romanian serving for the match.
Earlier, Jelena Ostapenko became the first unseeded women's finalist at the French Open in more than 30 years by beating Timea Bacsinszky on Thursday.
The 47th-ranked Ostapenko, the first latvian player to reach a Grand Slam final, won 7-6 (4), 3-6, 6-3.
The last unseeded player to reach the final at Roland Garros was Mima Jausovec, who lost to seven-time French Open champion Chris Evert in 1983.
Ostapenko sealed the win on her second match point with a forehand winner to break Bacsinszky's serve for the fourth time in the set. It was her 50th winner of the match, which also saw her make 45 errors.
The latvian turned 20 on Thursday and Marion Bartoli led the Court Philippe Chatrier crowd in singing "Happy Birthday," in French, to Ostapenko moments after her victory. "I'm really happy," Ostapenko said. "I love to play here, I love you guys, you're amazing, thanks for coming to support me. I'm just happy with the way I celebrated my birthday."