Bopanna/Ramanathan Soar Into Final On Home Soil In Pune
Indian pair Rohan Bopanna and Ramkumar Ramanathan kept their title hopes alive by the slimmest of margins Saturday at the Tata Open Maharashtra, saving three match points to reach the final in Pune.
The second seeds trailed 6/9 in the Match Tie-break, before they turned the tables to defeat Frenchmen Sadio Doumbia and Fabien Reboul 6-4, 4-6, 12-10.
With their 88-minute win, Bopanna and Ramanathan have maintained their perfect start to the season as a team, setting a championship match clash against top seeds Luke Saville and John-Patrick Smith at the ATP 250 event.
Bopanna and Ramanathan fired seven aces and won 80 per cent (32/40) of their first-serve points to book their spot in their second tour-level final of the season together. The pair triumphed at the Adelaide International 1 in January and are now 8-0 on the year.
Herbert/Mahut Reach Montpellier Final
At the Open Sud de France on Saturday, top seeds Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut moved to within one victory of their 21st tour-level trophy as a team.
The Frenchmen clawed past Jonathan Erlich and Edouard Roger-Vasselin 5-7, 7-5, 10-8 after two hours to advance on home soil in Montpellier. The pair, which has won five Grand Slam crowns and two Nitto ATP Finals titles together, are teaming for the first time this season this week and will play Lloyd Glasspool and Harri Heliovaara in the final.
Glasspool and Heliovaara have tasted success in France together before, clinching the trophy in Marseille last season.
Gonzalez/Molteni Maintain Cordoba Title Bid
Santiago Gonzalez and Andres Molteni secured their place in the championship match at the Cordoba Open, overcoming Guillermo Duran and Maximo Gonzalez 6-4, 6-4 in 76 minutes.
The top seeds are aiming to capture their third tour-level title as a team this week in Cordoba, having lifted trophies in Nur-Sultan and Stockholm last season. The Mexican-Argentine tandem will play Andrej Martin and Tristan-Samuel Weissborn in the final.