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Bopanna-Dodig in US Open pre-quarter-finals

September 05, 2021 17:47 IST

India's Rohan Bopanna of India and Croatia's Ivan Dodig

IMAGE: India's Rohan Bopanna and Croatia's Ivan Dodig got the better of Monaco's Hugo Nys and France's Arthur Rinderknech in the second round of the men's doubles at the US Open on Saturday. Photograph: Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Images

India’s Rohan Bopanna and his Croatian partner Ivan Dodig advanced to the men's doubles pre-quarter-finals of the US Open with a hard-earned victory over the pair of Hugo Nys of Monaco and Arthur Rinderknech of France, in New York, on Saturday night.

 

The 13th seeded Indo-Croatian pair beat their unseeded opponents 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, in an hour and 56 minutes.

Bopanna-Dodig converted all the three break chances they earned and also saved three of the five break-points they faced.

They next face fourth seeds Rajeev Ram of the US and Joe Salisbury of Great Britain, the Australian Open runners-up this season.

Bopanna is the only Indian player surviving in the tournament, as Sania Mirza and Ankita Raina exited the women's doubles after losing their respective first round matches.

Mirza also fell at the first hurdle in the mixed doubles.