Bopanna-Nielsen enter US Open 2nd round

Indian tennis star Rohan Bopanna and his Danish partner Frederik Nielsen entered the second round of the men's doubles competition at the US Open with a hard fought victory over Radek Stepanek and Nenad Zimonjic here.

Bopanna and Nielsen won the first round encounter 6-3, 6-7, 6-3 in one hour and 53 minutes at Flushing Meadows here late on Wednesday evening.

They will now take on the US-New Zealand combination of Brian Baker and Marcus Daniell for a place in the pre-quarterfinals.

Baker and Daniell registered an easy 6-3, 6-2 victory over Malek Jaziri of Tunisia and Hans Podlipnik-Castillo of Chile in their opening round clash.

 

--IANS

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