Bopanna loses quarterfinals in Paris Masters

Rohan Bopanna in partnership with Denis Shapovalov of Canada was beaten 7-5, 6-7(1), 10-8 by Karen Khachanov and Andrey Rublev of Russia in the doubles quarterfinals of the ATP-1000 tennis tournament in Paris on Friday.

The quarterfinal entry was worth 180 ATP points and €35,510 for Bopanna and partner.

In the Challenger in China, Ramkumar Ramanathan made the doubles final in partnership with Mikhail Elgin of Russia, as the duo beat Vishnu Vardhan and Toshihide Matsui in two well contested sets.

In the $60,000 ITF women’s event in Liuzhou, China, Ankita Raina made the doubles final in partnership with Rosalie van der Hoek of the Netherlands. The pair will challenge top seeds Xinyu Jiang and Qianhui Tang of China in the final.

The results:

€ 5,791,280 ATP-1000, Paris, France
Doubles (quarterfinals): Karen Kachanov & Andrey Rublev (RUS) bt Denis Shapovalov (CAN) & Rohan Bopanna 7-5, 6-7(1), 10-8.

$135,400 Challenger, Shenzhen, China
Doubles (semifinals): Mikhail Elgin (RUS) & Ramkumar Ramanathan bt Toshihide Matsui (JPN) & Vishnu Vardhan 7-5, 7-6(0).

$60,000 ITF women, Liuzhou, China
Doubles (semifinals): Rosalie van der Hoek (Ned) & Ankita Raina bt Ji-Hee Choi (KOR) & Akiko Omae (JPN) 5-7, 6-1, [10-7].

$15,000 ITF women, Cancun, Mexico
Singles (pre-quarterfianls): Ramya Natarajan bt Romary Cardenas Rifka (MEX) 6-1, 6-2.

$15,000 ITF women, Tabarka, Tunisia
Doubles (quarterfinals): Giulia Crescenzi (Ita) & Nicole Gadient (Sui) bt Graziella Barrett (GBR) & Humera Shaik 7-5, 6-1; Pre-quarterfinals: Graziella Barrett & Humera Shaik bt Nuria Brancaccio & Giuseppina Miccio (ITA) 6-4, 5-7, [11-9].

$15,000 ITF men, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
Doubles (semifinals): Jan Zielinski & Kacper Zuk (POL) bt Courtney John Lock (ZIM) & Aryan Goveas 6-1, 6-2.

$15,000 ITF men, Meshref, Kuwait
Doubles (quarterfinals): Yurii Dzhavakian (UKR) & Mikalai Haliak (BLR) bt Ashwin Ryan Sharma (AUS) & Anurag Nenwani 7-6(1), 2-6, [10-5].

(Courtesy: The Hindu)