India’s Rohan Bopanna continued his dream run at the French Open 2022 as he and Dutch partner Matwe Middelkoop came from behind to beat the British-Finnish pair of Lloyd Glasspool and Henri Heliovaara.
Bopanna, 42, and Middlekoop, 38, beat Glasspool and Heliovaara 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (3) in two hours and four minutes to set up the final four clash with 12th seeds Marcelo Arevalo of El Salvador and Jean-Julien Roger of the Netherlands.
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16th seeds Bopanna and Middelkoop brought out all their experience as they went from 0-3 down in the Super tie-breaker to win 10 points on the trot and seal a berth in the semi-final.
The first men’s doubles semi-final is set!
Arevalo/Rojer vs Bopanna/Middelkoop #RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/66zNDLzmgZ
— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) May 30, 2022
In the final set, Glasspool and Heliovaara again targeted Middelkoop’s serve and broke it to move ahead at 4-3 but Glasspool failed to serve out the match at 5-4. Bopanna, leading 40-15 in the 10th game, hit a sensational return on Glasspool’s serve that landed right on the baseline.
Notably, in the last-16 match, Bopanna and Middelkoop had ousted the 2nd seeds and Tokyo Olympics gold medalists Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic after saving 5 match points.
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Bopanna and Middelkoop will face 12th seeds Marcelo Arevalo and Jean-Julien Roger.
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