Julien Benneteau and Edouard Roger-Vasselin delighted the home fans on Sunday at the Moselle Open, capturing the doubles title 7-5, 6-3 over Wesley Koolhof and Artem Sitak. It was the third tour-level triumph for the French tandem, with all victories coming on home soil. They previously lifted trophies in Marseille and Roland Garros in 2014. The third seeds dropped just one set all week, capping the strong run in Metz with the 74-minute win over Koolhof and Sitak. They fired five aces and saved eight of nine break points. "We stayed solid in the big moments today, especially at 30/40 on my serve in the second set," said Benneteau. "We forced them to make some mistakes and that was the...
The crowd support playing in a French-speaking part of the world is doing the French doubles players no harm at this week’s Coupe Rogers with three duos advancing to the Coupe Rogers quarter-finals in Montreal. The all-French pairing of Fabrice Martin and Edouard Roger-Vasselin pulled off the biggest upset of the day when they defeated No. 2 seeds Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo 6-4, 6-2. Not to be outdone, Gael Monfils and Benoit Paire pulled off an upset of their own when they took down the No. 3 seeds Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares. The Frenchman prevailed 7-6(4), 6-7(5), 10-5 in one hour and 51 minutes. There was guaranteed to be at least one all-French pairing into the quarter-finals as...
Frenchmen Nicolas Mahut and Edouard Roger-Vasselin ended Spain's hopes of having a home doubles champion at the Mutua Madrid Open on Saturday. The sixth-seeded Frenchmen knocked out eighth seeds Feliciano Lopez and Marc Lopez 6-2, 6-3 in 67 minutes to reach the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 doubles final. Watch Live On TennisTV Watch Full Match Replays Lopez/Lopez were attempting to become the first Spanish team to win the Madrid title in the 16-year history of the tournament. Mahut/Roger-Vasselin will meet fourth seeds Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo, who received a walkover into the doubles final when Nick Kyrgios and Jack Sock withdrew because Kyrgios has a left hip injury. Kubot/Melo have now reached three of the season's four Masters...
Watch highlights of Edouard Roger-Vasselin and Nicolas Mahut reaching the 2017 Mutua Madrid Open doubles final. Watch live matches at tennistv.com. Getty Images photo.
Watch quarter-final highlights from the Mutua Madrid Open as Nicolas Mahut and Edouard Roger-Vasselin defeat Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares. Watch live matches at tennistv.com. Photo: Getty Images
