Roland Garros 2018, Men's Doubles Pre-quarterfinals: Rohan Bopanna & Edouard Roger-Vasselin vs Marcelo Melo & Lukasz Kubot, Live Match Updates

Bopanna and Roger-Vasselin def top seeds Kubot and Melo 6-4, 7-6(1) to enter the quarter-finals

Updated: 02 June 2018 19:33 IST - Published: 02 June 2018 16:43 IST

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That was a brutal domination by Bopanna and Roger-Vasselin in that tie-break! Absolutely did not give the top seeds any space to breathe!

The 13th seeds were the better team right from the beginning. And, despite giving up their break advantage in the second set, they never allowed the top seeds to get a set.

This big win will give Bopanna and Roger-Vasselin tremendous amounts of confidence as they go deeper into the draw.

Final score: Bopanna and Roger-Vasselin def Kubot and Melo 6-4, 7-6(1) in 1 hour 30 minutes to enter the quarter-finals!

AND BOPANNA AND ROGER-VASSELIN HAVE WON!

THEY HAVE KNOCKED OUT THE TOP SEEDS AND REIGNING WIMBLEDON CHAMPIONS!!!!!

5 MATCH POINTS FOR BOPANNA AND ROGER-VASSELIN!

Timely interception at the net by Bopanna!

Up 5-1

And the 13th seeds are up 4-1

WHAT A RETURN FROM ROGER-VASSELIN!!!!!!

HE GETS THE MINI-BREAK!

3-1

Bopanna and Roger-Vasselin lead 2-1

1-1 in tie- break

Roger-Vasselin cruises through his service game!

It's a tie-break now!

No more service breakthrough!

Kubot and Melo hold their serve to go up to 6-5

Bopanna faced trouble on serve when Kubot and Melo made it 30-30.

But he pulled out two big forehands to win his service game!

5-5

Kubot and Melo hold their serve and are up 5-4

And it continues to be all even!

4-4 now

Melo holds his serve and the top seeds are up 4-3

Still on serve after that early exchange of breaks!

And Bopanna passes a stern test as well!

Held his serve after his service game went to deuce!

3-3

Kubot shows great character and resilience in holding serve after saving a break point!

It's 3-2 to the top seeds

That is saved and Kubot now has a game point of his own

And Bopanna and Roger-Vasselin again have a BREAK POINT!

Now the pressure is back on the top seeds!

Kubot was struggling and went down 0-30 on serve, but now he has levelled it at 30-30

AND HE IS BROKEN!

THE TWO TEAMS ARE NOW EVENLY POISED AT 2-2

And now Roger-Vasselin faces a break point!

It's a tight service game for the 13th seeds.

Deuce!

Kubot and Melo produce a breezy hold and Roger-Vasselin is now serving at 2-1.

They have a break lead.

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