The two French, holders of 5 Grand Slam titles including the last Roland-Garros, dominated in the semi-final the Latin pair composed of the Spaniard Marcel Granollers and the Argentinian Horacio Zeballos, 6-3, 6-4.
Already winners of the Masters in 2019 in London, Mahut, 39, and Herbert, 30, will face the American-British duo Rajeev Ram / Joe Salisbury in the final, who beat the world No. 1 and champions earlier in the day. Olympians, Croats Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic, 4-6, 7-6 (7/3), 10-4.
Ram and Salisbury also dominated the French on Wednesday in the group stage, after a very close match, inflicting their only defeat in the Masters.
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