A day that gives color to French tennis, after the qualification of Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut for the men's doubles final.

On the women's side, Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova qualified for her first Grand Slam final.

She is waiting for her opponent: Barbora Krejcikova or Maria Sakkari.

Nice compensation for the tricolor tennis.

Thursday, the pair of doubles Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut won in the semi-final against Colombians Juan-Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah and will play a new final at Roland Garros.

In the women's semi-finals, Russia's Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova qualified first after defeating Slovenian Zidansek.

In the other semi-final, Czech Barbora Krejcikova faces Maria Sakkari for a place in the French Open final.

The French double Herbert-Mahut in the final

Nicolas Mahut and Pierre-Hugues Herbert qualified Thursday for the final of the Roland-Garros doubles tournament after a terrible fight to eliminate the Colombian pair Juan Sebastain Cabal and Robert Farah 6-7 (2/7), 7 -6 (7/2), 6-4 in 2h52.

The two tricolors had to save three match points against them in the second set before finally winning under the ovation of the public of the Simonne-Mathieu court.

The French team will try Saturday to regain a Parisian title it won in 2018, by facing the Kazakh duo Alexandr Bublik-Andrey Golubev.

Premiere for Pavlyuchenkova

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (32nd world) qualified Thursday at Roland Garros for her first Grand Slam tournament final, beating Slovenian Tamara Zidansek (85th) 7-5, 6-3 in the half.

The Russian became the first player to exceed 50 Grand Slam appearances before reaching the final (52).

At 29, the Russian was stronger than her opponent, six years her junior.

His aggressive play (155 winning strokes, tournament record, to reach the semi-finals) once again hit the mark.

Zidansek, 85th, managed more (27 against 19), but she also and above all committed more unforced errors than the Russian (33 against 22).

Pavlyuchenkova will face for the title the winner of the other semi-final between Greece's Maria Sakkari (18th) and Czech Barbora Krejcikova (33rd).

Results of the semi-finals played on Thursday:

Women's Singles (Semi-finals):

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS / N.31) beats Tamara Zidansek (SLO) 7-5, 6-3

Men's doubles (Semi-finals):

Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA) & Nicolas Mahut (FRA) (N.6) beat Juan Sebastian Cabal (COL) & Robert Farah (COL) (N.2) 6-7 (2/7), 7-6 (7 / 2), 6-4