Bopanna/Ebden, Tsitsipas brothers claim RG doubles wins

Second seeds Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden survived an unexpected scare from Brazilian wild cards Orlando Luz and Marcelo Zormann to reach the third round of the Roland Garros doubles draw Sunday.

The Australian Open champions, who improved to 8-0 at the major this year, broke open the match with an 11-point run midway through the third set and powered to the finish line to close out a 7-5, 4-6, 6-4 win. The Indian and Australian teammates are chasing their third title of the year, having also triumphed at the Miami Open presented by Itau.

Stefanos Tsitsipas backed up his four-set singles win over Matteo Arnaldi when he teamed with brother Petros Tsitsipas to claim a first-round win over Denys Molchanov and John-Patrick Smith 7-6(9), 6-4. They next will face fourth seeds Ivan Dodig and Austin Krajicek.

Last year’s Roland Garros finalists Sander Gille and Joran Vliegen reached the third round Sunday when they defeated John Peers and Roman Safiullin 6-4, 6-4.

The Belgians, who won their first ATP Masters 1000 title together in Monte-Carlo in April, advanced after 82 minutes to set a meeting with Harri Heliovaara and Henry Patten after the Finn-British team beat Luke Johnson and Skander Mansouri 6-3, 7-5.

Third seeds Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury dispatched Gonzalo Escobar and Aleksandr Nedovyesov 6-4, 6-4 to reach the third round. Ram and Salisbury have advanced to the quarter-finals in Paris three times together and will look to reach that stage again when they meet Gregoire Barrere and Lucas Pouille. The Frenchmen defeated 13th seeds Jamie Murray and Michael Venus 6-4, 7-6(6).

Max Purcell and Jordan Thompson also advanced, defeating seventh seeds Wesley Koolhof and Nikola Mektic 4-6, 6-4, 6-4. Australians Purcell and Thompson have won three tour-level titles together in 2024.