Paes/Matkowski To Meet Bryans In Roland Garros QFs
Paes/Matkowski To Meet Bryans In Roland Garros QFs
Fourth seeds Murray/Soares fall in third round
Two-time former champions and fifth seeds Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan saved one match point on Sunday to reach the Roland Garros quarter-finals.
The Bryans saved the match point at 5/6 in the second-set tie-break en route to beating No. 12 seeds Radek Stepanek and Nenad Zimonjic 4-6, 7-6(6), 6-3 in Paris. The Bryans failed to convert three set point opportunities at 6-5 in the second set.
The 2003 and 2013 titlists will now look to improve their 63-15 record at Roland Garros against No. 16 seeds Marcin Matkowski and Leander Paes, who beat this year’s Australian Open champions Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares 7-6(5), 7-6(4) in one hour and 43 minutes.
Sixth seeds Rohan Bopanna and Florin Mergea knocked out Brian Baker and Marcus Daniell 6-2, 6-7(4), 6-1, while 2014 champions Julien Benneteau and Edouard Roger-Vasselin overcame Treat Huey and Max Mirnyi 6-4, 6-4. Pablo Cuevas and Marcel Granollers will face ninth seed Lukasz Kubot and Alexander Peya after a 7-6(3), 6-4 victory over Daniel Nestor and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi.