Sania, Bopanna advance in Cincinnati Masters
Friday - August 18, 2017 1:02 pm ,
Category : SPORTS
Sania, Bopanna advance in Cincinnati Masters
Ohio Aug 18 (IANS) India s Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna advanced in the men s and women s doubles categories at the Cincinnati Masters tennis tournament here on Thursday.
The fourth seeded pair of Sania and her Chinese partner Peng Shuai overcame unseeded Romanians Irina-Camelia Begu and Raluca Olaru 6-3 6-7 (1) 10-3 in the quarter-finals.
Bopanna and Croatian Ivan Dodig battled past the Colombian-Italian pair Juan Sebastián Cabal and Fabio Fognini with a 5-7 7-5 10-8 victory in the pre-quarterfinals.
Bopanna and Dodig will meet Marcelo Melo of Brazil and Lukasz Kubot of Poland for a place in the semi-finals.
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