June 2, 2017 11:06 AM

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French Open: Indian pair of Raja-Sharan in pre-quarters<br/>

In Tennis, the Indian pair of Purav Raja and Divij Sharan upstaged the 15th-seeded Austrian-Croat combo of Oliver Marach and Mate Pavic to enter the men&apos;s doubles pre-quarterfinals of French Open. The unseeded Indian combo defeated Oliver and Mate 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 in the second-round match that lasted for two hours and 11 minutes. The duo will next face the 11th seeded team of Jean-Julien Rojer of the Netherlands and Romania&apos;s Horia Tecau.India&apos;s Rohan Bopanna and his Canadian partner Gabriela Dabrowski notched up a facile 6-0 6-1 win over Australian pair of Jessica Moore and Matt Reid in the opening match of mixed doubles yesterday. The seventh seeded duo will next face New Zealand&apos;s Artem Sitak and Elina Svitolina of Ukraine in the second round. Today, in Men&apos;s double second round events, the pair of Bopanna and his Uruguayan parter Pablo Cuevas will take on American-Uzbek pair of Treat Huey and Denis Istomin. In mixed double, Leander Paes and his swiss partner Martina Hingis will clash with Slovenian- South African pair Katarina Srebotnik and Raven Klaasen in second round.

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