Sweden's Goransson downs Brazilian duo in Doubles First Round alongside King

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/goransson-andre/bkGRha3F/"]Goransson[/a] had never made it past the Second Round at Roland Garros, but his chances were bolstered by teaming up with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/king-evan/vwjbTFaf/"]King[/a], a semi-finalist in this event last year. [/p][p]But 16th seeds [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/luz-orlando/vTTQuqa9/"]Luz[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/matos-rafael/nokgCiD2/"]Matos[/a] were sure to provide tough opposition, and so they proved by breaking Goransson's serve in the second game on their way to taking a 3-0 first-set lead. However, [b]a string of unforced errors from Matos when serving in game seven[/b] allowed the unseeded pair to break back.[/p][p]The next five games went with serve, sending the opening set to a tiebreak - a backhand winner from the Swede against serve meant first blood went to him and King at 3-2, only for an unforced error to see the Brazilians save set point.[/p][p][b]The Rang man redeemed himself soon after with a backhand winner off Luz's serve to win the tiebreak 9-7 and the first set 7-6.[/b][/p][p]The Swedish-American pair then made the ideal start to the second set, winning their service game before [b]King's forehand winner won a 12-shot rally that meant they broke Luz's serve again[/b] and were 2-0 up.[/p][p]No let up from either side of the court over the next six games meant Goransson was serving for the match in game nine, and despite some pressure from their opponents, [b]he and King held to win [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/luz-o-vTTQuqa9/matos-r-nokgCiD2/?mid=8vh3LQXp"]the match 7-6, 6-3[/a] and advance to the Second Round.[/b][/p][p]There, they will face [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hidalgo-diego/EmIGQw12/"]Diego Hidalgo[/a] of Ecuador and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/trhac-patrik/fP6WABo4/"]Patrik Trhac[/a] of the USA, but before that, Goransson will be on court again tomorrow (Thursday 28th), where he and Australia's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/routliffe-erin/CvDr9J3L/"]Erin Routliffe[/a] begin their Mixed Doubles campaign against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/arevalo-marcelo/zLNFemL9/"]Marcelo Arevalo[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/stefani-luisa/0K1SsbQq/"]Luisa Stefani[/a].[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/tennis/atp-doubles/french-open/"]Follow the 2026 French Open on Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]