The Indo-French duo of Rohan Bopanna and Edouard Roger-Vasselin have entered the second round of Men's Doubles in the Wimbledon Tennis championships. In the first round in London yesterday, the pair defeated the German team of Dustin Brown and Mischa Zverev in straight sets 6-3, 7-6, 6-4. Today, the pair of Bopanna and Vasselin will take on British brothers Ken Skupski and Neal Skupski in their second round match.However, Leander Paes and his Canadian partner Adil Shamasdin bowed out of Men's Doubles event. The unseeded Indo-Canadian combo lost to Austrian team of Julian Knowle and Philipp Oswald. Today Paes and his Chinese partner Xu Yifan will clash with French-Romanian pair of Fabrice Martin and Raluca Olaru in mixed doubles second round match.Today in men's singles, Kei Nishikori, Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray will play their second round matches. In women's singles, Venus Williams and Simona Halep will take on their rivals in second round.In Women's Doubles, Sania Mirza and her Belgian team-mate Kirsten Flipkens progressed to the second round on Wednesday. Another Indian pair of Purav Raja and Divij Sharan are also in the second round of men's doubles.
News On AIR | July 7, 2017 7:06 AM
Wimbledon: Bopanna-Vasselin enter second round of Men's Doubles