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Bopanna-Mergea enter French Open second round

IANS | ByIndo Asian News Service
May 25, 2016 07:55 PM IST

Indian tennis player Rohan Bopanna got their French Open campaign off to a winning start as he won his men’s doubles match to enter the second round in Paris on Wednesday.

Indian tennis player Rohan Bopanna got their French Open campaign off to a winning start as he won his men’s doubles match to enter the second round in Paris on Wednesday.

A file photo of Rohan Bopanna and Florin Mergea.(AFP Photo)
A file photo of Rohan Bopanna and Florin Mergea.(AFP Photo)

India’s Bopanna and his Romanian partner Florin Mergea outclassed Frenchmen Stephane Robert and Alexandre Sidorenko 6-2, 6-2 in a one-sided encounter in 56 minutes.

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The sixth seeded pair Bopanna-Mergea started the first set on a good note, taking a comfortable 5-2 lead over the French pair. From there on it was an easy task for the Indo-Romanian duo to clinch the first set 6-2.

The second set was a replay of the first one as Bopanna-Mergea took a 4-1 lead and then grabbed the second set 6-2.

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