Hrvatski tenisač Nikola Mektić se s Nizozemcem Wesleyem Koolhofom plasirao u polufinale muških parova na "grand slam" turniru Roland Garrosu u Parizu, oni su u četvrtfinalu svladali Amerikance Nicholasa Monroea i Tommyja Paula sa 6-4, 6-4.
Mektić i Koolhof su prije nešto manje od mjesec dana stigli do finala US Opena, a na putu ka drugom uzasztopnom nastupu u finalu nekog "grand slama" stoje im Nijemci Kevin Krawietz i Andreas Mies.
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U finalu US Opena bolji od Mektića bili su drugi hrvatski igrač Mate Pavić i Bruno Soares, a upravo bi im oni mogli biti suparnici i u finalu Roland Garrosa. Naime, Pavić i Soares će u drugom polufinalu igrati protiv prvih nositelja Juana Sebastiana Cabala i Roberta Faraha.