Tuesday , November 5 2024

Bopanna and Ebden advance in Dubai Open

Top-ranked India's Rohan Bopanna and his Australian partner Matthew Ebden reached the quarterfinals of the men's doubles event at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Tournament. Both defeated Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi of Pakistan and Sikandar Mansouri of Tunisia in straight sets. Rohan and Ebden, who won the Australian Open men's doubles Grand Slam in January, won 7-6, 7-6 in a match that lasted one hour and 41 minutes. Their next match will now be against the pair of Ariel Bahar of Uruguay and Adam Pavlesek of Czech Republic. India's Yuki Bhambri and Netherlands' Robin Haase defeated Alexander Bublik of Kazakhstan and Adrian Mannarino of France 6-7, 6-3, 10-8 to reach the last eight. India's top-ranked singles player Sumit Nagal's campaign came to an end when he lost 4-6, 7-5, 1-6 to Italian veteran Lorenzo Sonego in the last-32 match.