Bopanna-Shapovalov bow out of Italian Open in quarterfinals

India's Rohan Bopanna and Denis Shapovalov of Canada bowed out of the men's doubles event of the Italian Open tennis tournament after losing to the French duo of Jeremy Chardy and Fabrice Martin in quarterfinals.

The unseeded Indo-Canadian pair fought hard before going down 6-4 5-7 7-10 to the French combination in the tie-breaker late on Friday.

ATP ROME MASTERS 1000: BOPANNA/SHAPOVALOV GO DOWN IN THE QFs@rohanbopanna and @denis_shapo lost a tight one to the French pair of Jeremy Chardy and Fabrice Martin 6-4 5-7 7-10

— Indian Tennis Daily (@IndTennisDaily) September 18, 2020

Bopanna and Shapovalov had stunned top seeds Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah of Colombia in the second round of the ATP Masters 1000 event.

The Indo-Canadian duo had also made a quarterfinals exit in the just-concluded US Open, losing 5-7 5-7 to the pair of Jean-Julien Rojer of the Netherlands and Horia Tecau of Romania.

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