Palm Desert Tennis Player Desirae Krawczyk Gets Win At Olympic Games

PARIS, FRANCE — Coachella Valley native and tennis player Desirae Krawczyk earned a comfortable win Tuesday in the first round of women's doubles at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.

A Palm Desert resident and one-half of the fourth-seeded American duo with doubles partner Danielle Collins, Krawczyk dominated the first set en route to a 6-1, 6-3 victory against Greece's Maria Sakkari and Despina Papamichail.

The winning pair will advance to face the Ukrainian sibling duo of Lyudmyla and Nadiia Kichenok at 3 a.m. (Pacific Time) Wednesday. The match is scheduled on Court Suzanne Lenglen, the second-largest tennis facility at the Olympics.

Krawczyk is no stranger to the clay courts at Roland Garros, having won the 2021 French Open in mixed doubles, one of four career grand slam titles. She also finished a runner-up in women's doubles in 2020.