Rome: Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna reached the semi-finals of the Rome Masters after getting a walkover from rivals Tomas Berdych and Radek Stepanek even as Sania Mizra and Bethanie Mattek-Sands crashed out of the women's event, here.
Berdych, who shocked world number one Novak Djokovic in the men's singles in a gruelling three-setter, cited muscle fatigue as the reason for him withdrawing.
Bhupathi and Bopanna will now fight it out with Mexico's Santiago Gonzalez and American Scott Lipsky for a place in the final. Gonzalez and Lipsky came from a set down to upset second seeded Spaniards Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez 1-6, 6-4, 10-6 in their quarter-finals.
Meanwhile, Sania and Bethanie's campaign ended in the women's doubles after their 4-6 3-6 defeat against top seeds and local favourites Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci. The Indo-American pair lost in one hour and 15 minutes as they squandered six of the nine break chances....
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01:49 PM, May 18, 2013
Rome: Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna entered the quarter-finals of the Rome Masters but it was curtains for Leander Paes and his Austrian partner Jurgen Melzer, here. Sixth seed Indian combo of Bhupathi and Bopanna scored a 6-2 6-3 win over unseeded British team of Dominic Inglot and Jonathan Marray in the second round of the Euro 3,204,745 elite clay court tournament. However, Paes and Melzer made an early exit...
05:19 PM, May 17, 2013
Monte Carlo: Leander Paes and Jurgen Melzer overcame sixth seeds Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna to advance to the quarter-finals of the men's doubles of the Monte Carlo Masters here on Thursday. The Indo-Austrian pair took 57 minutes to defeat Bhupathi-Bopanna 6-2, 6-3 at the 1000-point ATP clay-court tournament. Paes-Melzer broke their opponents thrice out of the nine opportunities they got in comparison to the Indian pairings' zero conversion rate...
08:18 PM, Apr 18, 2013
Following a good partnership in 2012 that saw them finish as finalists at the ATP World Tour Finals, tennis players Rohan Bopanna and Mahesh Bhupathi on Monday renewed their partnership. ...
03:53 PM, Apr 01, 2013
Miami: Sania Mirza kept the Indian hopes alive by progressing to the women's doubles quarter-finals even as country's challenge ended in the men's doubles with the defeat of Rohan Bopanna and his partner Rajeev Ram in the second round of ATP-WTA Sony Open. Sania and her American partner Bethanie Mattek-Sands overcame a fighting pair of Jarmila Gajdosova and Sabine Lisicki 6-1, 3-6, 10-7 in the second round. They will now...
11:14 AM, Mar 26, 2013
Bhupathi and Llodra got past India's Bopanna and Ram 6-4, 6-7(2), 10-5 in the first semi-final, lasting one hour and 28 minutes. ...
06:33 PM, Mar 01, 2013
Bopanna and Ram hit seven aces to beat Victor Hanescu and Lukas Rosol 4-6, 7-5, 10-4 in 79 minutes. ...
09:50 PM, Feb 28, 2013
Rohan Bopanna won his first title of the season when he combined with Colin Fleming to claim the ATP Open 13 doubles trophy. ...
08:14 PM, Feb 24, 2013
Somdev had beaten the world number 39 Benoit Paire of France in an ongoing ATP event in France. ...
03:05 PM, Feb 23, 2013
Bopanna reached the first final of the season along with Fleming after edging past Julian Knowle and Filip Polasek in straight sets. ...
11:24 AM, Feb 23, 2013
Somdev Devvarman and Yuki Bhambri are likely to return to the Indian Davis Cup team as the national selectors meet to pick the squad for the tie against Indonesia. ...
06:38 PM, Feb 22, 2013
Bopanna and his British partner Fleming fought their way to the semi-finals, edging past Cerretani and Shamasdin 6-3, 6-7(2), 10-7. ...
01:08 PM, Feb 22, 2013
Top Indian tennis players formed an association to protect their professional interests days after signing a temporary truce with the AITA. ...
03:27 PM, Feb 11, 2013
Paes does not see anything wrong in players discussing their grievances but says the sport should not suffer in the process. ...
02:33 PM, Jan 30, 2013
Bopanna, already out of the men's doubles event, and Hsieh went down 2-6, 3-6 the Czech-Polish combination of Peschke and Matkowski. ...
10:36 AM, Jan 23, 2013
Devvarman asserted that their collective refusal to play in Davis Cup does not portray India and its tennis players in bad light. ...
07:15 PM, Jan 12, 2013
Anand Amritraj described the ongoing crisis in Indian tennis following the players' revolt against the AITA a shame. ...
06:42 PM, Jan 12, 2013
Putting up a brave face, AITA said they have players to put up a good show in the Asia/Oceania Group I tie. ...
08:39 PM, Jan 10, 2013
AITA said anyone who refuses to play for India will not be entitled for the financial support from the government. ...
08:25 PM, Jan 08, 2013
The crisis that has rocked Indian tennis escalated with the players rejecting the compromise formula offered by the AITA. ...
09:23 PM, Jan 07, 2013
