French Open Men's Doubles: Bopanna-Middelkoop qualifies for Men's Doubles semi-finals
After having a difficult win against their previous opponents, Nikola Mektić and Mate Pavić, to reach the quarterfinals, their quarterfinals win was comparatively easy. India's Bopanna and his Dutch partner, Middelkoop, won
Rohan Bopanna creates historyagainst British Llyod Glasspool and his Finland partner Harri Heliovaara to reach their first-ever French Open Men's Doubles semi-finals. While the first match ended in the victory of the British-Finland duo 4-6, the Indo-Dutch pair, seeded in the 16th position, took the lead in the last two matches 6-4, 7-6 to make their place in the semi-finals. The duo will now play against El Salvador's Marcelo Arevalo and Netherland's Jean-Julien Roger, seeded in the 12th position.
Their fight to reach the quarterfinals was quite a difficult one. The former Olympic champions are Nikola Mektić and Mate Pavić, seeded in the second position. This Indo-Dutch duo showed a first-class game defeating them 6-7, 7-6, 7-6 to reach the quarterfinals.
Now that the duo has reached the semi-finals, it is pertinent to mention here that it is for the first time that Rohan Bopanna has reached the semi-finals in men's doubles at Roland Garros. For the first time, his Dutch partner reached the semi-finals in any grand slam tournament. It will be a great deal for them to get the finals.
French Open Women's Doubles: Sania Mirza and Lucie Hradecka reach the third round
In a fight for the third round against Slovenia's Kaja Juvan and Tamara Zidansek, the Indo-Czech duo of Mirza and Hradecka had an easy win 6-3, 6-4. The first set went exceptionally well for Mirza and her partner, and they defeated the Slovenian duo 6-3. At the same time, the Slovenians tried hard to win the second set but to no avail. The Indian all-time Tennis superstar Sania Mirza with her partner Lucie Hradecka didn't give them much opportunity to qualify for the third round.
In a fight for the quarterfinals, the Indo-Czech duo will now be playing against American partners: Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula.
French Open Mixed Doubles: Sania Mirza and Ivan Dodig lose the second round
While hopes for Indian Tennis star Sania Mirza are still high in the women's doubles, her fight for the mixed doubles title is over as she and her Croatian partner Ivan Dodig lost the second round. The Brazilian pair of Beatriz Haddad Maia and Bruno Soares defeated the Indian star and her partner in a straight-set 4-6, 3-6.
Sania's last win in mixed doubles was in 2012, when she played with another Indian star, Mahesh Bhupathi, to win the mixed doubles title.