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French Open 2019: Bopanna/Copil enter pre-quarterfinals, Divij Sharan out

Rohan Bopanna and Marius Copil beat Benjamin Bonzi and Antoine Hoang in straight sets to enter the Roland Garros pre-quarterfinals.

PTI Reported by: PTI Paris Published on: May 31, 2019 21:20 IST
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Rohan Bopanna and Marius Copil beat Benjamin Bonzi and Antoine Hoang in straight sets to enter the Roland Garros pre-quarterfinals.

India's Rohan Bopanna and his Romanian partner Marius Copil advanced to the pre-quarterfinals of men's doubles competition after notching up a straight-set win at the French Open here Friday.

Bopanna-Copil registered a 6-4 6-4 win over Benjamin Bonzi and Antoine Hoang in a second-round match that lasted an hour and 11 minutes.

The duo will face Serbian pair of D Lajovic and J Tipsarevic for a place in the quarterfinals.

However, Divij Sharan and his Brazilian partner Marcelo Demoliner made an early exit, losing their second round match in straight sets.

Up against eighth seeds Henri Kontinen and John Peers, the unseeded Indo-Brazilian pair lost 3-6 4-6 in exactly one hour.

Divij and Demoliner could convert none of the two break chances they got besides dropping their serve twice.

It is the fourth tournament together for Divij and the Brazilian. Ending runners-up at the BMW Open in Munich has been their best result.

Divij had begun the season by teaming up with compatriot Rohan Bopanna but split after losing four first-round matches in seven tournaments in a three-month partnership.

The Indians had won the season-opening Tata Open Maharashtra in Pune.

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