Rohan Bopanna and his Croatian partner Ivan Dodig reached the quarterfinals of the Cincinnati Masters after defeating Juan Sebastian Cabal and Fabio Fognini in a tight contest. The seventh seeds Bopanna and Dodig, who ended finalists at the Rogers Cup last week in Montreal, rallied to humble the Colombian-Italian combo 5-7 7-5 10-8 in a second round match.In the WTA event, being run simultaneously, Sania Mizra and Shuai Peng have reached the semifinals with a 6-3 6-7 10-3 win over Irina-Camelia Begu and Raluca Olaru. Bopanna and Dodig next face second seeds Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo, who beat Diego Schwartzman and Mischa Zverev7-5 6-2.Bopanna is the only Indian left in the tournaments after Ramkumar Ramanathan's second round defeat in the singles andLeander Paes' first round defeat with Alexander Zverev in the doubles first round.
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Bopanna-Dodig pair reaches quarters of Cincinnati Masters