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US Open 2021: Rohan Bopanna/Ivan Dodig vs Rajeev Ram/Joe Salisbury, Round of 16 - LIVE Updates, Scores, Blog
With a quarters spot up for grabs, tennis aces Rohan Bopanna/Ivan Dodig will take on 2020 Australian Open champions in the US Open 2021 pre-quarters.
Rohan Bopanna and Ivan Dodig in action at the 2021 US Open (Source: Twitter/Indian Tennis Daily)
Welcome to the live blog of The Bridge for the Men's Doubles Round of 16 clash between Rohan Bopanna/Ivan Dodig and Rajeev Ram/Joe Salisbury at the 2021 US Open.
After surviving a three-set thriller against Hugo Nys and Arthur Rinderknech in the second round, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, the pair of Rohan Bopanna/Ivan Dodig have set up a clash with the 2020 Australian Open champions, Rajeev Ram/Joe Salisbury in the pre-quarters. Expected to be a tight and heated clash, the thirteenth-seeded Indo-Croatian duo will take on the fourth-seeded combine of the British-American.
Follow all our LIVE updates here:
Live Updates
- 6 Sep 2021 5:49 PM GMT
Thank you for joining us on the live coverage of the Men's Doubles Round of 16 clash!
Sadly, even after putting up a good fight the Indo-Croatian pair failed to make it to the quarters of the final Grand Slam of the year.Stay tuned to The Bridge for more tennis updates! Thank you and good night!
- 6 Sep 2021 5:46 PM GMT
It's farewell for Rohan Bopanna/Ivan Dodig here as they fail to make the quarters
With this, a 2 hour 29 minute match comes to an end as the Indian campaign also draws to a halt here as Rohan Bopanna bows out of the pre-quarters of the US Open.
- 6 Sep 2021 5:43 PM GMT
Rajeev Ram/Joe Salisbury come through in a tight thriller!
Sadly, Rohan Bopanna/Ivan Dodig fail to capitalise as Rajeev Ram/Joe Salisbury manage to come out on top and sails into the quarters in three sets, 7-6, 4-6, 6-7.
- 6 Sep 2021 5:39 PM GMT
Ram/Salisbury are finding the edges now as errors come from the Bopanna/Dodig racquets
Leading 5-2 in the tie-break, the 2020 Australian Open champion's are on a roll!
- 6 Sep 2021 5:38 PM GMT
Quick net points taking place here!
It's back to being neck to neck in the third set tie break!
- 6 Sep 2021 5:35 PM GMT
And it is a nail-biting, give-it-all third set decider!
We are into a tense decider here as Rajeev Ram/Joe Salisbury moves to a 2-0 lead!
- 6 Sep 2021 5:31 PM GMT
Things look tense here for both pairs!
Back on the Dodig serve - it's a clean hold to love as the 13th-seeded pair goes up 6-5 in the decider!
