January 5, 2017 9:01 AM

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Chennai Open: Bopanna & Nedunchezhiyan cruises to next round of men's doubles

Indian pair of Rohan Bopanna and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan have cruised to the next round of men's doubles event at the Chennai Open Tennis tournament. They defeated the Brazil-Croatia duo of Marcelo Demoliner and Nikola Mektic 6-4, 6-4 yesterday. The Indo-Brazilian duo of Leander Paes and partner Andre Sa crashed out of the Doubles event. Paes and his partner were sent packing 4-6, 4-6 in 67 minutes by rising stars Divij Sharan and Purav Raja.World number six Marin Cilic made a shocking exit in men's singles after conceding victory to 117th ranked Jozef Kovalik of Slovakia. Kovalik defeated Cilic 7-6, 5-7,7-5 to advance to the quarterfinal. In another second round match, Ramos Vinolas defeated S.Darcis 6-2, 6-nil to advance to the quarterfinal.

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