The finals are set for the men and women at the French Open. Doubles Take is here to break it down.
Atawo/Groenefeld; Dabrowski/Xu; Babos/Mladenovic; and now, Chan/Huang: That’s four seeded teams that have fallen to the unheralded pair of Eri Hozumi and Makoto Ninomiya, who now find themselves in the French Open final.
They’ll face the number-six seeds, Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova—the 2013 Girls’ French Open champions—in the final. The Czechs topped their countrywomen Barbora Strycova and Andrea Hlavackova in straight sets to reach their second final of the year.
Here’s a look ahead at the men’s final.
Oliver Marach/Mate Pavic (2) vs. Pierre-Hugues Herbert/Nicolas Mahut (6): A day after dropping a tough mixed doubles final, Pavic rebounded with Peya to reach the men’s final with a straight-sets win over 2016 champs Feliciano Lopez and Marc Lopez.
The Australian Open winners face two-time Grand Slam champs Herbert and Mahut, who’ve shown at this year’s tournament that they’re ready add to their major title haul.