Fifth seeds Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah battled from a set down to defeat Dutch/Australian duo Wesley Koolhof and Artem Sitak 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 to advance to the quarter-finals at Roland Garros on Sunday.
The Colombians, who captured the Internazionali BNL d’Italia title in Rome two weeks ago and reached the Australian Open final earlier in the year, needed just over two hours to book their place into the next round, where they'll face Oliver Marach and Mate Pavic. The second seeds also needed three sets to advance, defeating Salvadorian Marcelo Arevalo and American Jamie Cerretani 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.
Marach and Pavic are the highest seeds remaining in the draw after Rohan Bopanna and Edouard Roger-Vasselin upset top seeds Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo 6-4, 7-6(1) in the Round of 16. Marach and Pavic are also currently No. 1 in the ATP Doubles Race To London and will look to expand their lead atop the standings.
Maximo Gonzalez and Nicolas Jarry moved past Frenchmen Calvin Hemery and Stephane Robert 7-5, 6-3. A day earlier, the Argentian-Chilean team knocked out fourth seeded Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares. Gonzalez and Jarry will either meet Pierre-Herbert Hugues and Nicolas Mahut, or Americans Steve Johnson and Jack Sock. The sixth-seeded Frenchmen defeated Robin Haase and Matwe Middelkoop 7-5, 7-6(6) in the previous round.
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