Citi Open: Bopanna and Mergea reach semis

Third seeds Rohan Bopanna and Florin Mergea progressed into the men's doubles semifinals of the Citi Open after receiving a walkover from Grigor Dimitrov and Mardy Fish, in Washington.

The Bulgarian-American combo pulled out due to Dimitrov's right shoulder injury.

The third seeds will next take on the winners of the match between American top seeds Bob and Mike Bryan and Filipino-American pair of Treat Huey and Scott Lipsky.

The Indian doubles specialist and his Romanian partner defeated Andy Murray and Daniel Nestor 2-6, 6-1, 10-3 in the opening round of the US $1,753,020 hard-court event.

Image: Rohan Bopanna, right with Florin Mergea

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