January 19, 2013 10:32 AM

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Australian Open: Bhupathi, Nestor & Bopanna, Ram to slug out for Men's Doubles pre-quarterfinal berth

In Australian Open Tennis, the Indo-Canadian pair of Mahesh Bhupathi and Daniel Nestor and the Indo-American pair of Rohan Bopanna and Rajeev Ram will today slug it out for a Men's Doubles pre-quarterfinal berth. Fifth seeds Bhupathi and Nestor will take on the Romanian-Slovakian combination of Victor Hanescu and Martin Klizan, while the Indo-American pair of Bopanna and Ram will clash with the Italian duo of Simone Bolelli and Fabio Fognini. For the Mixed Doubles pre-quarterfinal slot today, the second seeded Indo-Russian pair of Leander Paes and Elena Vesnina will play against the Pak-Swedish team of Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and Sofia Arvidsson, while Rohan Bopanna and his partner from Chinese Taipei Su-Wei Hsieh will slug it out against the American-Aussie combination of Jack Sock and Ashleigh Barty. Yesterday, Sania Mirza and her Americam team-mate Bob Bryan advanced into the Mixed Doubles pre-quarterfinals, after beating the Aussie team of Samantha Stosur and Luke Saville, in straight sets, 6-2, 6-2.

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