Fabrice Santoro and Nicolas Escude (Fra) bt Marat Safin and Yevgeny Kafelnikov (Rus) 6-3 3-6 5-7 6-3 6-4 
Spurred on by a partisan Paris crowd, the French pair break Kafelnikov's serve and claim the first set 6-3
The Russian underdogs fight back to level in the second set with Marat Safin in outstanding form
Things get heated in the French camp as Safin and Kafelnikov begin to stamp their authority on the match
A crucial break at 5-5 hands the Russian duo the upper hand as they clinch the third set to take a 2-1 lead
The French show resilience - the match goes to a fifth set when Kafelnikov and Safin are finally broken
Santoro is inspired and one break is again enough as the French wrap up an epic comeback
Saturday, 30 November, 2002, 15:15 GMT 
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