Granollers and Zeballos down Heliovaara ⁠and Patten to retain French Open title

[p]Spaniard [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/granollers-marcel/2B5Hvd1l/"]Granollers[/a] and Argentine [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/zeballos-horacio/Eecas9kD/"]Zeballos[/a], who initially paired ‌up in 2019, won the French Open and US Open last year and justified their top ‌seeding, having not ​dropped a set ‌in their 2026 Roland Garros campaign.[/p][p]Finland's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/heliovaara-harri/OYcuApkE/"]Heliovaara[/a] was error-prone ‌with his serve [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/granollers-m-2B5Hvd1l/zeballos-h-Eecas9kD/?mid=8j89bEw9"]throughout the match[/a] ⁠as the second ‌seeds, who have also won two Grand Slams together, ​struggled to keep up with their opponents' well-placed winners from close to the ​net.[/p][p][b]"I'm 41 years old (and) this is one of the best moments of my career. So it's ⁠never too late ​for anybody," [/b]said Zeballos, whose partner, Granollers, is 40.[/p][embed guid="094cc789-1e6f-4995-b58a-cbb02331722a" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrRH2eMFodg" social-type="youtube" /][p]A Heliovaara double fault handed the first break to the holders in the third game. Although ‌the second seeds broke back to make it 3-3, Granollers hit two forehand winners to break in the next game, tilting the set back in the top seeds' favour.[/p][p]Briton [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/patten-henry/tzbx2iwG/"]Patten[/a] began the second set with two unforced errors and a double fault as Granollers and Zeballos got another break, and the Argentine hit winners ‌all over the court to extend the lead ​to 3-0, which proved insurmountable for their opponents.[/p][embed guid="e89a9a23-f43d-441c-ab73-95d8f06e2785" url="https://x.com/rolandgarros/status/2063211240730587306" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]"Sorry ‌guys, wasn't the best, but thank you," [/b]Patten, 30, told his family and friends in the stands.[/p][p][b]"Harri, thanks for being my partner. We're going to bounce back stronger, we ⁠know that," [/b]he ⁠said of the ‌37-year-old Finn.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/granollers-m-2B5Hvd1l/zeballos-h-Eecas9kD/summary/stats/?mid=8j89bEw9"]See all the key match stats on Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]