Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna came second to Luisa Stefani and Rafael Matos of Brazil in the Australian Open mixed doubles final on Friday at Melbourne Park as the Brazillian pair clinched their maiden Grand Slam. Read full story on Dynamite News:
Second seed Indian Rohan Bopanna and Matwe Middelkoop of Netherlands were denied the doubles trophy by Dutch duo of Tallon Griekspoor and Botic van de Zandschulp, who scored a hard-fought 3-6, 6-3, 10-5 win in the final of the European Open. Read on for details:
Third seeded Indian pair of Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan disposed of the challenge Bulgarian pair of Alexander Donski and Alexandar Lazarov in straight sets 6-3, 6-1 in 50 minutes and advanced into doubles semi-final of the € 586,140 ATP Tennis Tournament in Bulgaria on Friday.
Bopanna and Sharan defeated Aleksander Bublik and Denis Yevseyev of Kazakhstan 6-3 6-4 in 52 minutes.
Bopanna and Vasselin, who had received a bye in the opening round of the tournament, are yet to take to the court in Foro Italico.
Bopanna and Vasselin had earlier got the better of the Colombian pair in the quarter-finals of the Monte Carlo Masters last week.
The Indo-French duo will cross swords with third-seed pair of Austria’s Oliver Marach and Croatia’s Mate Pavic for a place in the summit showdown.
Indian tennis ace Rohan Bopanna and his Argentine partner Pablo Cuevas suffered a huge blow as they got knocked out of the China Open after going down in the quarter-finals of the men’s doubles event.
The Indo-Canadian pair started the match strongly to clinch the first set with 7-6 (7-4) against the unseeded duo of Henri Kontinen of Finland and Heather Watson of Britain.
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