Cincinnati: Indian tennis ace Rohan Bopanna and his Croatian partner Ivan Dodig showcased a spirited performance as they bounced back from a set down to book their place in the quarter-finals of the 2017 Western and Southern Open in Cincinnati here on Friday.
After suffering a defeat in the first set by a whisker, the Indo-Croatian duo bounced back strongly to post a 5-7, 7-5, 10-8 win over the Colombian-Italian team Juan Sebastian Cabal Fabio Fognini in a thrilling last-32 clash of the men's doubles event.
Bopanna and Dodig, who are seeded seventh in the tournament, will now cross swords with
It should be recalled that Bopanna and Dodig finished as the runner-ups in the Montreal Masters after losing to French pair of Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut in the finals.
Meanwhile, Bopanna is the lone Indian left in the tournament after Ramkumar Ramanathan's second-round exit in the singles and Leander Paes' shocking first-round defeat in the men's doubles event, with
