Tennis
French Open: Balaji-Martinez clinch a three-set win to reach the pre-quarters - Highlights
Catch all the highlights from the doubles matches at the French Open 2024.
FILE PHOTO: Rohan Bopanna in action at the 2024 French Open.
Indian men's doubles pair were in action at Rolland Garros on Saturday as Sriram Balaji along with his Mexican partner, Miguel Angel Reyes-Valera took a hard fought victory against French pairing of Dan Added and Theo Arribage.
While Rohan Bopanna, who was about to start his campaign at the French Open with opening round matches in both men's doubles and mixed doubles have to wait for another day as both his matches got postponed due to a long rain delay.
As it happened:
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- 1 Jun 2024 10:36 AM GMT
Game-4: A great Lob shot from Martinez to win a break point
Set-3: Balaji-Martinez 2-1 Added-Arribage
- 1 Jun 2024 10:28 AM GMT
Game-2: Added continued his form from the previous set to hold a perfect game
Set-3: Balaji-Martinez 1-1 Added-Arribage
- 1 Jun 2024 10:25 AM GMT
Game-1: A great start to the final set as Balaji gets a perfect hold in the opening game
Set-3: Balaji-Martinez 1-0 Added-Arribage
- 1 Jun 2024 10:20 AM GMT
Game-9: The match has pushed into third set as Added holds on to his serve with two aces on final game of the set
Set-2: Balaji-Martinez 3-6 Added-Arribage
- 1 Jun 2024 10:16 AM GMT
Game-8: The momentum has completely shifted as the French pair wins back to back breaks
Set-2: Balaji-Martinez 3-5 Added-Arribage
- 1 Jun 2024 10:12 AM GMT
Game-6: The set is on level terms as Balaji's serve got broken
Set-2: Balaji-Martinez 3-3 Added-Arribage
- 1 Jun 2024 10:09 AM GMT
Game-5: The French pair are still down by a break by trying hard to make a break soon
Set-2: Balaji-Martinez 3-2 Added-Arribage
- 1 Jun 2024 10:02 AM GMT
Game-3: Arribage holds on to his serve as Balaji's lob shot goes behind the back line
Set-2: Balaji-Martinez 2-1 Added-Arribage
- 1 Jun 2024 10:00 AM GMT
Game-2: A long game finally holds on by Sriram Balaji, finding some close angles on return
Set-2: Balaji-Martinez 2-0 Added-Arribage
- 1 Jun 2024 9:57 AM GMT
Game-2: Balaji saves two more break points in the game to force a third deuce
Set-2: Balaji-Martinez 1-0 Added-Arribage
