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Herbert/Mahut Try To Win At Home: Frenchmen Herbert and Nicolas Mahut are the top seeds in the Lyon doubles draw. The last time the pair triumphed on home soil together was at the Rolex Paris Masters in 2019. Another team to watch is Petros Tsitsipas and older brother Stefanos Tsitsipas, who received a wild card

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Gille/Vliegen & Herbert/Mahut Claim Doubles Wins Friday

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Ram & Salisbury fall
Sixth seeds Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut survived a scare to battle past Jonathan Erlich and Lloyd Harris 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 to reach the third round at Roland Garros on a day when other rivals fell.

The French duo, which won the title in 2018 (d. Marach and Pavic), were backed by a vocal Parisian crowd as they won 79 per cent (50/63) of first-serve points, breaking to love in the final game to advance.


They will face Robin Haase and Jan-Lennard Struff in the third round after the pair shocked 10th seeds John Peers and Michael Venus 6-4, 7-6 (5). Haase and Struff have teamed this week for the first time and broke the Australians twice on the way to victory.

There was no such success for third seeds Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury though, as the American-British tandem was eliminated by Hugo Nys and Tim Puetz 6-4, 6-4 in the second round.

Last year’s Australian Open champions won only 23 per cent of points (3/13) on their second serve and failed to save any of the three break points faced. Their opponents will now face Benoit Paire and Romain Arneodo.

Elsewhere, 14th seeds Sander Gille and Joran Vliegen comfortably overcame Americans Tennys Sandgren and Austin Krajicek to set a third-round clash with Pablo Andujar and Pedro Martinez. The Belgium team, who won the title at the Singapore Tennis Open (d. Ebden and Smith), hit eight aces, winning 91 per cent of their first-service points.

The ninth seeds Kevin Krawietz and Horia Tecau also marched to victory as they beat Yen-Hsun Lu and Yoshihito Nishioka 6-3, 6-2. They returned well, winning 50 per cent of first-serve points on their opponents’ serve and will now play seventh seeds Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares. Krawietz is looking for a third straight Roland Garros title, having won the previous two with fellow German Andreas Mies, who is recovering from right knee surgery.

Dutch duo Wesley Koolhof and Jean-Julien Rojer, seeded 11th, moved into the third round as they defeated Dominik Koepfer and Emil Ruusuvuori 6-4, 7-6 (3), saving both break points they faced. Koolhof reached the semi-finals at Roland Garros last year (l. to Krawietz and Mies) with former partner Nikola Mektic.

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Herbert/Mahut Battle Through At Roland Garros

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2018 champions recover from a set down
Sixth seeds Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut fought back from a set down to overcome Robin Haase and Jan-Lennard Struff 0-6, 6-3, 7-6(5) and advance to the quarter-finals at Roland Garros.

The French tandem did not win one point on their second serve (0/12) in the opener but improved at the start of the set, breaking early as they levelled up the match.

The 2018 champions (d. Marach and Pavic) then won 84 per cent (16/19) of their first-serve points in the final set to edge out the unseeded pair. They are now 18-7 on the season and will face Nikola Cacic and Tomisav Brkic next.

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There was no such success for 14th seeds Sander Gille and Joran Vliegen though, with the Belgium team losing to Pablo Andujar and Pedro Martinez 6-4, 7-6(6). The Spaniards came back from 3-0 down in the second set to tie up victory in one hour and 45 minutes.

Their reward is a quarter-final clash with experienced duo Rohan Bopanna and Franco Skugor. The Indian-Croatian team did not have to take to court on Sunday in Paris as they received a walkover against Marcelo Avrevalo and Matwe Middelkoop.

Elsewhere, Hugo Nys and Tim Puetz’s strong run at Roland Garros continued as they cruised past Benoit Paire and Romain Arneodo 6-4, 6-4 to reach the last eight. They broke their opponents in the final game of both sets and won 76 per cent of their first-serve points (31/41). The duo, who hit three aces, will now play Alexander Bublik and Andrey Golubev.

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Herbert/Mahut Save 3 Match Points, Reach Roland Garros Final

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The Frenchmen will play Bublik/Golubev for the title
Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut have won all four Grand Slam championships together. Now, they have a chance to lift a second Roland Garros trophy.

The home favourites saved three match points on Thursday en route to defeating second seeds Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah 6-7(2), 7-6(2), 6-4 in the semi-finals.

This is the sixth time Herbert and Mahut are competing at Roland Garros together. The 2018 champions are now one match from becoming the first all-French team to triumph at the clay-court Grand Slam twice. The only other home favourites to lift the trophy were Henri Leconte/Yannick Noah (1984) and Julien Benneteau/Edouard Roger-Vasselin (2014).


Cabal and Farah, who have now made the Roland Garros semi-finals together four times, held three match points when the Frenchmen were serving at 3-5 in the second set. The Colombians were then broken in the next game when serving for a spot in the final.

Herbert and Mahut will play Alexander Bublik and Andrey Golubev for the title. The Kazakhstanis rallied past Spaniards Pablo Andujar and Pedro Martinez 1-6, 6-4, 6-4 .

Bublik and Golubev played together this year at the Australian Open, where they upset Cabal and Farah en route to the third round. They converted the two break points they earned against Andujar and Martinez.

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