Paris Masters: Rohan Bopanna-Denis Shapovalov defeat Manuel Gonzalez and Austin Krajicek to enter doubles quarterfinals

Indian tennis player Rohan Bopanna along with Canadian partner Denis Shapovalov enter the Paris Masters 2019 men’s doubles quarterfinals after defeating American-Argentine pair of Manuel Gonzalez and Austin Krajicek 6-1 6-3 in their second-round match.

Bopanna-Shapovalov will next face Karen Khachanov and Andrey Rublov on Friday to book their place in the semi-finals.

The pair had beaten Benoit Paire and Fernando Verdasco 6-4, 7-5 in their first-round match.

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Star pairing of Rohan Bopanna & Denis Shapovalov moves into Pre-QF of Paris Masters with 6-1, 6-3 win over Gonzalez & Krajicek in 2nd round. #ParisMasters pic.twitter.com/uBkW199lyx

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Another Indian Divij Sharan exited the event after losing with his Kiwi partner Artem Sitak to the French pair of Fabrice Martin and Jeremy Chardy in 53 minutes. The Indo-Kiwi pair lost 2-6, 3-6.

In men’s singles, Rafael Nadal defeated Stan Warinka 6-4, 6-4  to enter the quarterfinals and will next face local favourite Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. 

Earlier, World No. 1 Novak Djokovic beat Britain’s Kyle Edmund 7-6, 6-1 to make it to the last-eight.  

Grigor Dimitrov too reached the quarters and it is the first time he has reached this far at the tournament and will face  Cristian Garin for a place in the semi-finals.