US Open: Bopanna, Sutjiadi progress to quarterfinals, set to face Ebden-Krejcikova

India’s Rohan Bopanna progressed to the quarterfinals of the US Open Mixed doubles alongside partner Aldila Sutjiadi on Sunday, September 1 at Court 12.

The duo beat the pair of John Peers and Katerina Siniakova by 0-6, 7-6(5), 10-7. Bopanna and Sutjiadi didn’t have a good start as they were hammered 0-6 in the first set with Peers and Siniakova breaking them thrice. However, the Indian-Indonesian duo fought back bravely in the second set as both pairs got involved in a neck-and-neck battle.

As the second set got tied on 6-6, it was forced into a tie-breaker where Bopanna and Sutjiadi took the honours by 7-5 to seal the set. With both pairs having one set each to their names, the match further progressed to a tie-break where the Indian-Indonesian pair beat the Australian-Czech pair winning by 10-7 and progressed ahead to the quarterfinals.

As a result, Bopanna continued his winning run at Flushing Meadows as he sets up to face his men’s doubles partner Matthew Ebden in the next game. The Australian will be alongside Czech player Barbora Krejcikova as he prepares himself to face his mate on September 3.

Before that, Bopanna and Ebden will pair in the Men’s doubles to face the Argentinean pair of Maximo Gonzalez and Andrés Molteni in the pre-quarterfinals. They earlier beat Roberto Carballés Baena and Federico Coria comfortably in the second-round match in straight sets by 6-2, 6-4. The duo won the Men’s doubles title at the Australian Open earlier this year as the 43-year-old Bopanna became the oldest player to win a Grand Slam title.

Yuki Bhambri to feature in pre-quarter finals

Meanwhile, India’s Yuki Bhambri will also be in action alongside Albano Olivetti as the duo face the pair of Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos at Grandstand later today.

The other Indian player competing at the US Open N. Sriram Balaji earlier lost in the second round along with his Argentine partner Guido Andreozzi and got knocked out of the competition. The duo lost to Michael Venus and Neal Skupski in straight sets by 6(4)-7, 4-6 to bring their journey to an end.