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French Open: Bopanna/Ebden Romp Into Semis With Hard-fought Win Over Belgian Pair Gille/Vliegen
Next up for the 44-year-old Bopanna and the 36-year-old Ebden is a rematch of the Australian Open final against Italy's Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori, this time on clay. They lost their only previous clay court meeting to the Italians in Rome just a few weeks back. The Italian pair, seeded 11th in the French Open, reached the semifinals by upsetting the third-seeded combine of American Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury of Great Britain, 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 in a quarterfinal encounter lasting one hour,56 minutes played on Court Simonne-Mathieu.
In their quarterfinal clash at Court Suzanne-Lenglen, games went with serve till 6-6 before Bopanna/Ebden won the first set tie-breaker by forcing three errors from Gille/Vliegen. In the second set, Gille/Vliegen survived a couple of break points in the sixth game before effecting a crucial break in the 11th game with a fine forehand winner to win the set 7-5.
