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Rohan Bopanna and partner Edouard Roger-Vasselin crash out of Wimbledon
Rohan Bopanna and partner Edouard Roger-Vasselin were trailing 4-6, 6-7(4), 1-2 when they conceded their second round match as Bopanna suffered an injury
Rohan Bopanna and his French partner Edouard Roger-Vasselin crashed out of the Wimbledon Championships after they retired mid-way from their second round contest against Frederik Nielsen Joe Salisbury, here on Friday.
The 14th seeds were trailing 4-6, 6-7,(4) 1-2 when they conceded their second round match as Bopanna suffered an injury. They had lost at the same stage here last year as well.
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The result means that only three Indians are now surviving in the men’s doubles draw. Debutants Vishnu Vardhan and N Sriram Balaji and Divij Sharan with his partner Artem Sitak.
Vardhan and Balaji had ousted top-50 players Wesley Koolhof and Marcus Daniell 7-6(5), 6-4, 7-6(4) in their opening round.
