The Spanish Marcel Granollers and the Argentine Horacio Zeballos, 38 and 39 years old, respectively, lost for the third time in a row in the Roland Garros semifinals. Once again they were left on the brink of the dream of winning a Grand Slam, which was against them.
Defeat against Salvadoran Marcelo Arevalo and the Croatian Mate Pavic3-6, 6-4 and 7-5, which also makes it difficult for them to hand the world number one to Australian Matthew Ebden.
Cruel dismissal for Granollers and Zeballos as they suffered their first defeat in thirteen games at the worst possible moment. The recent ATP 1000 champions in Rome won 19 sets in a row, until their rivals, victims in the Foro Italico, began to come back leaving them with no end.
Granollers has five Grand Slam finals, two with Zeballos. At Roland Garros he lost 2014 with him marc lopez with whom he won the Masters.
Granollers will continue to try at Wimbledon, where he was a finalist without a prize in 2021 and 2023.
Arévalo and Pavic will play for the title with the Italians Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassoriafter Saturday’s women’s final between Iga Swiatek and Jasmine Paolini, starting at 3:00 pm
Source: La Verdad
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