Nice (France), May 19 (Inditop.com) India’s Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna advanced with their respective partners to the doubles quarterfinals of the 398,250 euros Open de Nice tennis here.
The top seeded pair of Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi defeated Briton Ross Hutchins and Jordan Kerr of Australia in the first round 6-1, 7-5 while Bopanna with Pakistan’s Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi registered a fighting 7-5, 6-7(6), 10-4 win over Germany’s Simon Greul and Rogier Wassen of the Netherlands Tuesday.
Bhupathi and Mirnyi next play Italians Andreas Seppi and Potito Starace, who overcame Philipp Max of Germany and Igor Zelenay of Slovakia 6-2, 6-7(1), 11-9.
Bopanna-Qureshi are up against Britons Colin Fleming and Ken Skupski who knocked out Sweden’s Robert Lindstedt and Romanian Horia Tecau 6-1, 6-7(4), 11-9.
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