US Open: Rohan Bopanna and Ivan Dodig reached the pre-quarters in men’s doubles

Veteran Indian tennis player Rohan Bopanna and his partner from Croatia Ivan Dodig reached the men’s doubles before the quarterfinals, winning here in three sets over the pair of Hugo Nice from Monaco and Artur Rinderknech from France.

The 14th seed Indo-Croatian pair won 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 over their unseeded rivals in one hour and 56 minutes on Saturday night.

Bopanna and Dodig converted all three break chances they earned and also saved three of the five breakpoints they faced.

They next face fourth seeds Rajeev Ram of the USA and Joe Salisbury of Great Britain, the Australian Open runners-up this season.

Bopanna is the only Indian player surviving in the tournament as Sania Mirza and Ankita Raina exited the women’s doubles after losing their respective first round matches.Mirza also fell at the first hurdle of the mixed doubles event.