French Open: Rohan Bopanna-Matwe Middelkoop advance

PARIS: India's Rohan Bopanna and his Dutch partner Matwe Middelkoop marched into the pre-quarterfinals of the French Open men's doubles event with a straight set win over Andrey Golubev and Fabrice Martin in Paris on Thursday. Rohan Bopanna and Middelkoop won the second round match 6-3, 6-4 in an encounter that lasted an hour and six minutes. The Indo-Dutch combo, seeded 16th, broke the Kazakhstan-French pair at 4-4 in the second set and then Middelkoop served out the match at love. Bopanna's best performance at the clay court major is reaching the last-eight stage in 2011, 2016, 2018 and 2021. Agencies

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