Bopanna enters final of French Open mixed doubles

India’s Rohan Bopanna earned himself an opportunity to become only the fourth Indian to win a Grand Slam trophy by reaching the French Open mixed doubles final with partner Gabriela Dabrowski, in Paris on Wednesday.

Bopanna and his Canadian partner, seeded seventh, shocked third seeds Andrea Hlavackova



and Edouard Roger-Vasselin 7-5 6-3 in the semifinals.

This is only the second time in his career that Bopanna had reached the summit clash of a Grand Slam. In 2010, he had made the final of US Open with Pakistani parter Aisam-ul-haq- Qureshi and lost to legendary Bryan brothers -- Bob and Mike.