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French Open: Bopanna-Roger-Vasselin in quarters (Lead, correcting headline)

Posted on June 02, 2018 from France ι Report #201322

Paris, June 2 (IANS) The Indo-French pair of Rohan Bopanna and Edouard Roger-Vasselin entered the men's doubles quarter-finals of the French Open on Saturday.

The 13th seeded pair defeated top-seeded Brazilian-Polish combo of Marcelo Melo and Lukasz Kubot 6-4, 7-6 (1) in the one-hour-30-minute third round affair.

The Indo-French pair will now be up against Nikola Mektic and Alexander Peya for a place in the semi-finals.

Bopanna had earlier reached the quarter-final stage at Roland Garros in 2011 and 2016.

--IANS

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