French Open: Bopanna-Middelkoop pair reaches first-ever men's doubles semifinal at Roland Garros
The HinduRohan Bopanna and his Dutch partner Matwe Middelkoop reached their first-ever French Open men's doubles semifinals in Paris on Monday after the duo 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 in two hours four minutes to set up the final four clash with 12th seeds Marcelo Arevalo of El Salvador and Jean-Julien Roger of the Netherlands. Bopanna and Middelkoop reached the quarterfinals after saving five match points in a thrilling 6-7, 7-6, 7-6 third-round win over second-seeded Croatians Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic. The last Indian to win a men's doubles title at a Grand Slam is Leander Paes who lifted the trophy along with Czech Republic's Radek Stepanek at the 2013 US Open while the last Indian to win a Grand Slam title is Bopanna himself who, along with Canadian Gabriela Dabrowski, clinched the mixed doubles crown at the 2017 French Open.