Bopanna and Shapovalov advance to doubles quarters in St. Petersburg Open

In the WTA event in Italy, Ankita Raina made the main draw as a lucky loser and was beaten 6-1, 6-1 in the first round by Allyson Riske of the US.

REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE: Bopanna and Shapovalov knocked out the second seeded Raven Klaasen and Ben McLachlan in the doubles pre-quarterfinals

Rohan Bopanna in partnership with Denis Shapovalov knocked out the second seeded Raven Klaasen and Ben McLachlan in the doubles pre-quarterfinals of the $932,370 St. Petersburg Open ATP tennis tournament in Russia.

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In the WTA event in Italy, Ankita Raina made the main draw as a lucky loser and was beaten 6-1, 6-1 in the first round by Allyson Riske of the US.

The results

$932,370 ATP, St. Petersburg, Russia Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Denis Shapovalov (Can) & Rohan Bopanna bt Raven Klaasen (RSA) & Ben McLachlan (Jpn) 7-5, 6-4. WTA, Courmayeur, Italy Singles (first round): Allyson Riske (US) bt Ankita Raina 6-1, 6-1. Qualifying singles (second and final round): Martina Di Giuseppe (Ita) bt Ankita Raina 6-3, 6-4; First round: Ankita Raina bt Rosalie van der Hoek (Ned) 6-2, 6-1. Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Eri Hozumi (Jpn) & Shuai Zhang (Chn) bt Rosalie van der HOek (Ned) & Ankita Raina 6-3, 1-1 (retired).