India’s Rohan Bopanna has reached the semi-finals of the French Open doubles. Bopanna, along with Dutch partner Matvey Middle Coupe, defeated Britain’s Lloyd Glasspool and Finland’s Henry Heliovara 4-6, 6-4, 7-6(3) in the quarter-finals. The last Bopanna reached the semi-finals of Wimbledon in 2015
Bopanna has reached the semi-finals of a Grand Slam after seven years. Earlier in 2015, he reached the semi-finals of Wimbledon with Romania’s Florin Mergia.
However, he lost to Jean-Julian Roger and Horia Tecau in the semi-finals. The pair of Jean-Julian Roger and Horia Tekau later won the final to capture the title. Bopanna will once again face Jane Julien Roger and her partner in the semi-finals of the French Open.
Bopanna-Matvey defeated Lloyd-Heliovara in the quarterfinals
Indian star Bopanna with Duch star Matvey played wonderfully and defeated Britain’s Lloyd Glasspool and Finland’s Henry Heliovara in the quarter-finals.
Summary of the match
In this match that lasted two hours and four minutes, 16th seed Bopanna and Middle Cup took advantage of their experience to win 10 points in a row and secure their place in the semi-finals. In the first set of this match, the Bopanna-Middle Cup pair was trailed by a margin of 0-3, but in the end, both of them performed brilliantly and made it to the semi-finals.
Rohan Bopanna and Middlecup had previously played in the ATP 250 event in Belgrade. After this, both came together in the Italy Open.
Bopanna has won the mixed doubles title
In 2017, Rohan Bopna has won the title in mixed doubles with Gabriella. Apart from this, he reached the final of the Australian Open in 2018. Similarly, he has reached the semi-finals of the 2015 US Open. Bopanna also reached the semi-finals of Wimbledon in 2013 and 2015 in doubles. In 2010, he was the runner-up of the US Open.