French Open 2022: Rohan Bopanna reaches his first Grand Slam males’s doubles semi-final since 2015

French Open 2022: India’s Rohan Bopanna and his Dutch accomplice Matwe Middelkoop reached the lads’s doubles semi-final on Monday after a shocking win over British-Finland pairing of Llyod Glasspool and Harri Heliovaara.

Rohan Bopanna and Matwe Middelkoop booked a. place within the males’s doubles semi-final at French Open 2022 (Courtesy: Roland Garros)

HIGHLIGHTSBopanna and his Dutch accomplice Middelkoop reached the lads’s doubles semisIt’s the primary males’s doubles Grand Slam semi-final for Bopanna in 7 yearsThe Indian additionally booked a spot in his first males’s doubles semi-final at Roland Garros

42-year-old Rohan Bopanna reached his first-ever Roland Garros semi-final in males’s doubles on Monday, May 30 because the Indian campaigner and his Dutch accomplice Matwe Middelkoop pulled off a heist in opposition to the British-Finland pairing of Llyod Glasspool and Harri Heliovaara 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (3) within the quarter-final on Court Simonne-Mathieu.

In a thriller that stretched to 2 hours and 4 minutes, sixteenth seeds Bopanna and Middelkoop introduced out all their expertise as they went from 0-3 down within the Super tie-breaker to win 10 factors on the trot and seal a berth within the semi-final.

Bopanna, who had gained the blended doubles title at French Open together with Gabriela Dabrowski in 2017, was charged up within the Super tie-breaker as Glasspool and Heliovaara have been unable to match the depth of the Indo-Dutch pairing.

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With Middelkoop hitting some gorgeous forehand winners and Bopanna discovering winners with unbelievable calmness, the veteran doubles pairing bought to their first-ever Grand Slam semi-final as a pair.

It was additionally Bopanna’s first males’s doubles semi-final at a Grand Slam in 7 years. The Karnataka star had reached the Wimbledon semi-final in 2015 with Florin Mergea.

Notably, within 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 factors.

Bopanna and Middelkoop will face twelfth seeds Marcelo Arevalo and Jean-Julien Roger.

Bopanna paired up with Midddelkoop in th clay season. The two senior campaigners performed the ATP 250 occasion in Belgrade in April earlier than returning to crew up on the Italian Open. Notably, Bopanna had reached the semi-final of the Monte Carlo Masters earlier this season with Jammie Murray.