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.
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