Rohan Bopanna, Sania Mirza make Cincinnati quarters

Cincinnati: Rohan Bopanna and Florin Mergea saved a match point before emerging winners while Sania Mirza and Martin Hingis were also tested en route to the quarterfinals of the ATP/WTA Western and Southern Open, here,

 

Fifth seeds Bopanna and Mergea rallied to win 1-6, 7-6 (5), 13-11 against the French pair of Pierre-Hugues and Herbert Nicolas Mahut to reach the last-eight stage of the $4,457,065 ATP Masters event.

 

In the women’s event, running simultaneously, top seeds Sania and Martina eked out a 7-6(4) 6-4 win oner Germany’s Julia Goerges and Klaudia Jans-Ignacik from Poland. They are now up against American wild card pair of Christina Mchale and CoCo Vandeweghe in the USD 2,701,240 WTA Premier tournament.