<p>The former Wimbledon and Australian Open champions reached the Quarter-finals at Roland Garros last year, equalling Heliovaara's best display with his former partner, and their bid to go further this time was not expected to be troubled by a pair who relied on protected ranking to qualify.</p><p>After the first seven games went with serve, Heliovaara and Patten stepped things up in game eight, <strong>attacking Borges' serve to take the game and go 5-3 up</strong>, before two aces from the Brit helped the pair easily hold serve in the next game and win the set, 6-3.</p><p>Borges and Zhang managed to dig in and hold a nine-minute game three of the second set, <strong>but with the Chinese serving in game five, the Finn and Brit finally broke through</strong> - a forehand winner from Patten ended another nine-minute contest.</p><p>The following three games went with serve, leaving Zhang serving to stay in the match. He and Borges were both guilty of a forehand forced error before an unforced mistake from Borges handed <strong>the win to the number two seeds; 6-3, 6-3.</strong></p><p>In the Second Round, the duo will face Hungary's Fabian Marozsan and Italian Mattia Belucci.</p><p><strong>Follow the 2026 French Open on Flashscore.</strong></p>