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Bopanna & Dodig win opener in Shanghai

Duo claims first win as a pair this season

October 04, 2024

Fifth seeds Rohan Bopanna and Ivan Dodig registered a cushty 6-4, 6-3 win over Pedro Martinez and Pablo Carreno Busta to advance to the second spherical on the Rolex Shanghai Masters on Friday.

After crashing within the opening spherical on the China Open final week, The Indo-Croatian duo raced to victory in a single hour and three minutes on Court docket 6 of their first win as companions this 12 months.

The pair dropped serve as soon as, fired 5 aces, and saved 4 break factors in opposition to their Spanish opponents. In addition they transformed three break factors.

They’re set to face Wesley Koolhof and Nikola Mektic or #NextGenATP Frenchman Arthur Fils and Ben Shelton within the subsequent spherical.

Karen Khachanov and Andrey Rublev shocked seventh seeds Neal Skupski and Michael Venus 7-5, 7-5 in a single hour and 25 minutes within the first match on Court docket 7.

Within the following match, Santiago Gonzalez and Edouard Roger-Vasselin raced to a fast 6-2, 6-2 win in opposition to Alexander Bublik and Frances Tiafoe. The pair made 90 per cent of first serves and saved one break level to seal the match in 49 minutes.

Eighth seeds Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram had been examined by Brazilians Rafael Matos and Marcelo Melo. After dropping the primary set, the Individuals staged a comeback and received 4-6, 6-3, 14-12 in a single hour and 24 minutes. They are going to subsequent face Gonzalez & Roger-Vasselin.

Maximo Gonzalez and Andres Molteni had been additionally pushed to a few units by Hugo Nys and Jan Zielinski. The Argentines received 7-6(4), 4-6, 10-6 in a single hour and 52 minutes.