Leander Paes, Rohan Bopanna advance

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Leander Paes and Rohan Bopanna entered the French Open men’s doubles quarter-finals along with their respective partners following contrasting victories on Sunday.

Leander Paes and Rohan Bopanna entered the French Open men’s doubles quarter-finals along with their respective partners following contrasting victories on Sunday.

The sixth seeded Indo-Romanian pair of Bopanna and Florin Mergea defeated Marcus Daniell and Brian Baker 6-2, 6-7 (4), 6-1, while 16th seeds Paes and Marcin Matkowski stunned fourth seeds Bruno Soares and Jamie Murray 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4).

Bopanna and Mergea did not lose serve even once as they won against the unseeded New Zealand-American duo.

Bopanna and Mergea will next face the winners of the match between third seeds Ivan Dodig and Marcelo Melo and Chris Guccione and Andre Sa.

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