Bopanna-Shapovalov enter quarterfinals of Rotterdam Open

The Indo-Canadian pair defeated John Peers-Michael Venus 7-6, 6-7, 10-8 in an extremely gripping encounter at the ATP 500 event.

Published : Feb 12, 2020 13:31 IST

Rohan Bopanna and Denis Shapovalov will face fourth-seeded pair of Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau on Thursday.

Rohan Bopanna in partnership with Denis Shapovalov of Canada beat John Peers and Michael Venus 7-6(0), 6-7(5), 10-8 in the doubles pre-quarterfinals of the € 2,155,295 ATP tennis tournament in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. In the quarterfinals, Bopanna and partner will play fourth seeds Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau. In the $275,000 WTA event in Hua Hin, Ankita Raina in partnership with Rosalie van der Hoek of the Netherlands beat Desirae Krawczyk of the US and You Xiaodi of China 6-4, 6-4 in the doubles quarterfinals. The Indo-Dutch team will play Xun Fang Ying and Zheng Saisai of China who knocked out the top seeds Nao Hibino and Miyu Kato of Japan in straight sets.  

The results: € 2,155,295 ATP-500, Rotterdam, Nethelrands Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Denis Shapovalov (Can) & Rohan Bopanna bt John Peers (Aus) & Michael Venus (Nzl) 7-6(0), 6-7(5), [10-8]. $275,000 WTA, Hua Hin, Thailand Doubles (pre-quarterfinals: Rosalie van der Hoek (Ned) & Ankita Raina bt Desirae Krawczyk (US) & You Xiaodi (Chn) 6-4, 6-4. $15,000 ITF men, Monastir, Tunisia Singles (first round): Filip Cristian Jianu (Rou) bt Ajay Pruthvi Nemakal 6-0, 6-0. $15,000 ITF men, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Singles (first round): Simon Yitbarek (Swe) bt Aryan Goveas 6-1, 4-6, 6-1; Marek Gengel (Cze) bt Sahil Gaware 6-3, 6-1.