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French Open: Bopanna-Middelkoop pair advance to semi-finals, defeat Glasspool-Heliovaara

By ANI | Updated: May 31, 2022 10:10 IST

India's Rohan Bopanna and Netherlands' Matwe Middelkoop progressed to the semi-finals of the ongoing French Open 2022 after defeating the duo of British Llyod Glasspool and Finland's Harri Heliovaara in the quarter-finals of the men's doubles category.

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India's Rohan Bopanna and Netherlands' Matwe Middelkoop progressed to the semi-finals of the ongoing French Open 2022 after defeating the duo of British Llyod Glasspool and Finland's Harri Heliovaara in the quarter-finals of the men's doubles category.

Reeling at 0/3 in the final-set tie break, Bopanna and Middelkoop held their nerves and captured 10 consecutive points, winning the match by a margin of 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (10-3) on Monday.

The duo will face El Salvador's Marcelo Arevalo and Netherlands' Jean-Julien Rojer in the semi-finals.

Arevalo and Rojer overcame a fighting effort from Rafael Matos of Brazil and David Vega Hernandez of Spain and recorded a 7-6(6), 6-3 win in the quarter-finals of the men's doubles category.

The El Salvadorian-Dutch pairing will be playing their maiden major-semi final together.

( With inputs from ANI )

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