By Erik Gudris | Saturday, June 7, 2014
France's Julien Benneteau and Edouard Roger-Vasselin delighted Paris by winning the French Open men's doubles title.
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30 years later, France can once again celebrate two of its own winning the men's doubles title in Paris.
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The all-French duo of Julien Benneteau and Edouard Roger-Vasselin finished a fairytale run to their first ever Grand Slam title on Saturday in the men's doubles final.
Both faced off against an all-Spanish team of Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez who earlier defeated top seeds Bob and Mike Bryan during the event.
With a Paris crowd cheering them on, Benneteau and Roger-Vasselin broke for a 5-3 lead in the first set. They soon closed it out 6-3.
Despite going up a break again, the Frenchmen lost their advantage midway through the second set. Soon, a tiebreak was needed with Benneteau and Roger-Vasselin taking control early when the Spaniards failed to capitalize on their second serve returns.
Running away with the tiebreak, Benneteau and Roger-Vasselin sealed victory on match point when Lopez netted a volley. With the Paris crowd singing in triumph, Benneteau and Roger-Vasselin celebrated the 6-3, 7-6(1) win.
This marks the first time since 1984 that an all-French team won the men's doubles title at Roland Garros. The last team to do so was Henri Leconte and Yannick Noah.
Leconte was on hand to present Benneteau and Roger-Vasselin with the trophy.