Goransson's Roland Garros journey ends with Mixed Doubles last eight defeat

[p]The defeat ends Sweden's interest at Roland Garros this year, after [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/goransson-andre/bkGRha3F/"]Goransson[/a] was also eliminated in the Men's Doubles earlier today, losing in straight sets alongside [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/king-evan/vwjbTFaf/"]Evan King[/a] to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/heliovaara-harri/OYcuApkE/"]Harri Heliovaara[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/patten-henry/tzbx2iwG/"]Henry Patten[/a]. King and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/dabrowski-gabriela/MqZumFll/"]Gaby Dabrowski[/a] now await [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mektic-nikola/zeaASGsD/"]Mektic[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/muhammad-asia/tnWEOb3b/"]Muhammad[/a] in the Semi-finals.[/p][p]A match against his partner looked on for Goransson after he and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/routliffe-erin/CvDr9J3L/"]Routliffe[/a] battled back to take the first set. They missed two break point chances in the fourth game before losing serve in the seventh after costly mistakes from New Zealander Routliffe.[/p][p][b]However, they pounced on double faults from Mektic in the 10th game to break back, then took their chances on Muhammad's serve in the 12th to win 7-5.[/b][/p][p][b]The second set came down to the third game, where the Croatian-American duo got the better of decisive long rallies to break Routliffe's serve.[/b] Every other game in the set was held fairly comfortably, meaning Mektic and Muhammad took it, 6-4.[/p][p]After benefitting from a walkover in the previous round, Mektic and Muhammad were certainly fresher than Goransson, playing his second match of the day. The Swede served first in the 10-point tiebreak, and though an unforced error from Routliffe put them on the back foot, a winner from Goransson on a 21-shot rally proved the Rang man was not slowing down yet.[/p][p]The next three points went with serve before a loss from Muhammad put the Swedish-New Zealander pair 4-2 up, part of a 7-2 run that that put them 8-4 ahead, only for Mektic and Muhammad to score three in a row and make it a one-point game.[/p][p]Goransson struck to make it 9-7 and put his side on the brink, only for a Mektic backhand to save match point. The Croatian held serve twice to go 10-9 up, before Goransson and Routliffe saved three more match points on the way to making it 12-12.[/p][p][b]But a crucial loss of serve from the Swede gave his opponents another chance, and this time a forehand winner from Muhammad following Mektic's serve gave the duo a 14-12 win in the third set, and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/mektic-n-zeaASGsD/muhammad-a-tnWEOb3b/?mid=nosLPtIi"]5-7, 6-4, 14-12 in the match.[/a][/b][/p][p]It's a first French Open Mixed Doubles Semi-final for the 37-year-old Croatian after twice getting to that stage twice in the Men's Doubles, while the 35-year-old American will play at that stage for the first time in any Roland Garros event.[/p][p]For Goransson, this week has seen his best French Open results in the Men's and Mixed Doubles, while two-time US Open Women's Doubles champion Routliffe is yet to bypass the last eight in France.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/tennis/mixed-doubles/french-open/"]Follow the 2026 French Open on Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]