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French Open 2019: Bopanna and Copil upset sixth seeds to advance to second round

Rohan Bopanna and Marius Copil beat sixth-seeded Michael Venus and Raven Klaasen in straight sets to advance to the second round at Roland Garros.

Rohan Bopanna Image Source : GETTY IMAGESRohan Bopanna and Marius Copil entered the second round of the French Open.

Making a stupendous start to the French Open, India's Rohan Bopanna and his Romanian partner Marius Copil knocked out sixth-seede

 Raven Klaasen and Michael Venus with a straight-set win in the first round, here Tuesday.

The unseeded Bopanna and Copil sent the South African-Kiwi pair packing with a 6-3 7-6(1) win in the first round, which lasted one hour and 18 minutes.

Bopanna and his partner saved all three breakpoints they faced in the match and converted one of the three chances they earned.

Bopanna had reached the quarterfinal here last year and is thus saving 360 points.

Divij Sharan and Leander Paes are other Indians featuring in the men's doubles with their respective partners’ points.