The final defeat by Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos to become Britain’s first French Open men’s doubles champions since 1933 saw Joe Salisbury and Neal Skupski lose 6-0,6-7,5-7, 7-5, respectively, to 6-4,6-4.
The British pair’s first set was broken three times and ended up with a bagel, making the match’s worst start possible.
In the second, they recovered with renewed energy and greater resilience, preventing five break points before the tie-break.
The first mini-break was held by Spain’s Granollers and Argentine’s Zeballos, but Salisbury and Skupski immediately responded with a double mini-break before the set was finished.
As Liverpool earned their first break of the serve in the opening game, Momentum remained with Londoner Salisbury and Liverpool’s Skupski, who had only started the season.
However, Court Philippe Chatrier’s opponents immediately retaliated and broke with them.
After that, Salisbury and Skupski failed to convert a fourth opportunity to 3-3 and 5-5, respectively, and missed two break points.
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Source: BBC
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