French Open 2022 LIVE – Rohan Bopanna in Semifinals: 42-year-old Rohan Bopanna reached his first-ever Roland Garros semi-final in men’s doubles on Monday. Bopanna and his Dutch partner Matwe Middelkoop pulled off a heist against the pairing of Llyod Glasspool and Harri Heliovaara. They won the Quarterfinal 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (3) after being down in SUPER TIE-BREAKER: Follow French Open 2022 Updates with InsideSport.IN
When will be the Men’s Doubles Semifinals?
- The Men’s Doubles Semifinals will be played on Thursday
- Bopanna and partner will take on Jean-Julien Rojer (Netherlands) / Marcelo Arevalo (El Salvador)
- The timing of the match is yet to be decided
French Open 2022 LIVE: Rohan Bopanna reaches his first Grand Slam SemiFinal since 2015, Last 4 clash on Thursday: Follow LIVE Updates
Rohan Bopanna in Semifinals – French Open Men’s Doubles: The thrilling Men’s Doubles Last 16 match stretched to 2 hours and 4 minutes.
16th seeds Bopanna and Middelkoop brought out all their experience as they went from 0-3 down in the Super tie-breaker to win 10 points on the trot and seal a berth in the semi-final.
Bopanna earlier had won the mixed doubles title at French Open along with Gabriela Dabrowski in 2017.
French Open 2022: Rohan Bopanna reaches his first Grand Slam men’s doubles semi-final since 2015
With Middelkoop hitting some stunning forehand winners and Bopanna finding winners with incredible calmness, the veteran doubles pairing got to their first-ever Grand Slam semi-
Notably, in 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 points.
Bopanna and Middelkoop will face 12th seeds Marcelo Arevalo and Jean-Julien Roger.
Bopanna paired up with Midddelkoop in th clay season. The two senior campaigners played the ATP 250 event in Belgrade in April before returning to team up at the Italian Open. Notably, Bopanna had reached the semi-final of the Monte Carlo Masters earlier this season with Jammie Murray.
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