Roland Garros 2018, Men's Doubles Quarterfinal: Rohan Bopanna & Edouard Roger-Vasselin vs Alexander Peya & Nikola Mektic, Live Match Updates

Bopanna and Roger-Vasselin lost the quarter-final 6-7(4), 2-6 to Alexander Peya and Nikola Mektic.

Updated: 05 June 2018 23:10 IST - Published: 05 June 2018 19:40 IST

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And, with that loss, India's campaign at the French Open 2018 comes to an end.

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Bopanna and Roger-Vasselin have lost their match 6-7(4), 2-6 to the eighth seeds Alexander Peya and Nikola Mektic in the quarter-finals

It's all going downhill for the 13th seeds now.

Bopanna and Roger-Vasselin concede yet another break to slump to 1-4

Peya and Mektic have a very easy service game to go up to 3-1

But the 13th seeds fail to consolidate that break.

They go down 1-2.

Can they break back again?

Bopanna and Roger-Vasselin BREAK BACK!!!!!!

1-1

Bopanna and Roger-Vasselin get broken in the first game of the second set.

They are a set and a break down.

Bopanna and Roger-Vasselin have a lot to do now!

And they CONVERT!!!!!!

Mektic and Peya take the first set!

7-6(4)

Mektic and Peya have two set points now

They are still continuing to be totally on par in this tiebreak.

4-4

After an exchange of minibreaks, it is 2-2

It is 1-1 in the tiebreak

And it is a tiebreak in this match!

Bopanna and Roger-Vasselin HOLD!

What a fight that was!

It is 5-5

And the 13th seeds save it again!

Mektic and Peya have another set point here.

It's another big test for Bopanna and Roger-Vasselin.

Involved in a marathon service game. Already saved set points.

Easy hold from the eighth seeds!

Up 5-4

Yes, they finally hold! What a show of mental strength!

It is 4-4

A marathon service game continues.

Bopanna and Roger-Vasselin have saved a ton of break points already!

Can they hold?

Mektic and Peya held their service game after some stiff resistance from their opponents.

Now the 13th seeds face some pressure.

It is deuce on their serve

Peya and Mektic held their serves.

And the 13th seeds too responded with an easy service game of their own.

It continues to be on par at 3-3

The 13th seeds have squandered three break point opportunities so far.

It is deuce on the Peya-Mektic serve

Still nothing to choose between the two teams.

They are evenly poised at 2-2

Bopanna and Roger-Vasselin responded with a comfortable hold.

1-1

Good start from Peya and Mektic.

They hold serve for 1-0

The match is under way!

Hello and welcome to Sportskeeda's live coverage of the French Open. Bopanna and Roger-Vasselin take on the eighth seeds Alexander Peya and Nikola Mektic.

Rohan Bopanna and his French partner Edouard Roger-Vasselin shocked top seeded Marcelo Melo and Lukasz Kubot in straight sets to reach the men’s doubles quarterfinals of the French Open in Paris. The 13th seeded Indo-French team beat the Brazilian-Polish combo 6-4 7-6(1) in one hour and 30 minutes

It’s the third time that Bopanna has reached quarterfinal stage at Roland Garros. Bopanna is the only Indian surviving in the clay court Grand Slam as all others have suffered defeats. The Indian veteran won the mixed doubles title in Paris last year with Gabriela Dabrowski