Marcel Granollers continues playing and winning in the land of Roland Garros. At 40 years old, the Barcelona native, from the same generation as Rafael Nadal, He qualified this Wednesday at the Suzanne Lenglen for the semifinals of the doubles event after defeating, along with Horacio Zeballos, the Monegasque Hugo Nys and the Frenchman Edouard Roger-Vasselin, 6-3 and 6-4.
It is the sixth time that Granollers is in the penultimate round of the French Open, five of them next to Zeballos. The other was in 2014, with Marc López. They reached the final and lost to locals Julien Benneteau and Vasselin, precisely one of their victims.
The Spanish-Argentine couple, first seeds and current champions, They seek their third Grand Slam title in their eighth season together. There are already 20 semi-finals of a great for Marcel, of which 14 have been with the Argentine native of Mar del Plata.
Bolelli and Vavassori, again
The pass to the final will be played against the Italians Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori. The duos know each other perfectly, Not in vain did they fight for the crown of the Rome Masters 1000. Bolelli and Vavassori won in the super tie break.
The Spaniard was left with the desire to play with Bolelli and Vavassori the decisive point of the last Davis Cup final in Bologna. The defeats of Pablo Carreño and Jaume Munar in the singles left him with no options to take to the court.
Granollers and Zeballos came out dominating their quarterfinal match. With an early break, they scored the initial set with a serve from the Argentine. Vasselin and Nys then reacted with a 3-0 in the continuation. Granollers and Zeballos neutralized it in front of a crowd that was against them due to the presence of the Frenchman Edouard.
The Catalan is, in tennis, the best doubles player today. He goes with one more gear than the others in his specialty. Forehand, reverse. Volleys, lobs, untouchable on serve… His rivals were amazed by his ability on the net. Marcel’s exhibition ended with him signing Spanish flags.
