Bopanna-Mergea advance to Wimbledon second round

Indian tennis star Rohan Bopanna and his Romanian men's doubles partner Florin Mergea progressed through to the second round of the Wimbledon on Friday.

The sixth seeded Indo-Romanian duo claimed a hard-fought 7-5, 7-6 (6) win over Croatian pair of Marin Draganja and Nikola Mektic in the opening round contest that lasted one hour and 20 minutes.

Bopanna and Mergea smashed a total of 14 winners and six aces in their first round win and will either face Swedish duo of Johan Brunstrom and Andreas Siljestrom or Slovakian-Chilean pair of Andrej Martin and Hans Podlipnik-Castillo for a spot in the third round.