Rohan Bopanna enters doubles semifinal in Dubai

Rohan Bopanna, in partnership with Marcin Matkowski of Poland, got past Florin Mergea of Romania and Viktor Troicki of Serbia 6-3, 6-4 in the doubles quarterfinals

Rohan Bopanna is two wins away from clinching the doubles title in Dubai.

Rohan Bopanna, in partnership with Marcin Matkowski of Poland, got past Florin Mergea of Romania and Viktor Troicki of Serbia 6-3, 6-4 in the doubles quarterfinals of the $2,617,160 ATP event in Dubai on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, in the $15,000 ITF women’s event in Spain, former Asian junior champion Snehadevi Reddy made the quarterfinals, while Karman Kaur Thandi was beaten 7-5, 6-3 by the top seed in the second round in a keen tussle that lasted two hours.

The results:

$2,617,160 ATP, Dubai

Doubles (quarterfinals): Marcin Matkowski (Pol) & Rohan Bopanna bt Florin Mergea (Rou) & Viktor Troicki (Srb) 6-3, 6-4.

$15,000 ITF men, Orlando, U.S.

Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Jaume Pla Malfeito (Esp) & Ramkumar

Ramanathan bt Andrea Collarini (Arg) & Daniel Nolan (Aus) 6-2, 3-6, 10-8.

$25,000 ITF women, Clare, Australia

Doubles (quarterfinals): Beatriz Haddad Maia (Bra) & Genevieve Lorbergs (Aus) bt Abbie Myers (Aus) & Prarthana Thombare 6-2, 5-7, 10-7.

$15,000 ITF women, Palmanova, Spain

Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Olga Saez Larra (Esp) bt Karman Kaur Thandi 7-5, 6-3; Snehadevi Reddy bt Ashid Wanja Brune Olsen (Nor) 6-2, 6-3;

First round: Snehadevi Reddy bt Emilie Francati (Den) 7-6(3), 7-6(2).