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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.
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Live Updates
- 6 Sep 2021 5:13 PM GMT
The Indo-Croatian pair BREAKS back immediately!
We level up at 3 ALL in the decider as Bopanna/Dodig break back and Ram/Salisbury get broken for the first time in this increasingly tight match.
It takes the 13th seeds 9 break points to finally convert one. - 6 Sep 2021 5:09 PM GMT
And Ram/Salisbury BREAK again - things look bleak now for Bopanna/Dodig
Yet again, a shift in momentum in the match as Bopanna/Dodig yield serve for the second time in the match - Ram/Salisbury laps it up to takes a 3-2 lead.
It will be the British on serve now! - 6 Sep 2021 5:07 PM GMT
Bopanna steps up - but his service is on threat again!
Pressure from Ram/Salisbury once more as Bopanna finds himself on the spot.
- 6 Sep 2021 5:01 PM GMT
Into the decider, it is back to being level on the board
Maintaining things level on the board, Set 3 is looking tight again with both pairs no yielding serve, it is 2-1 with the Indo-Croatian pair in the lead!
- 6 Sep 2021 5:01 PM GMT
Into the decider, it is back to being level on the board
Maintaining things level on the board, Set 3 is looking tight again with both pairs no yielding serve, it is 2-1 with the Indo-Croatian pair in the lead!
- 6 Sep 2021 4:50 PM GMT
It could be anybody's game now!
With Set 2 under their belt, the momentum has now shifted to the fourth seeds! Bopanna/Dodig needs to buck up!
- 6 Sep 2021 4:49 PM GMT
Dodig's backhand return finds the net and away goes the set to Ram/Salisbury
And just as we had the tingling notion - we are headed for a third and final set with British-American pair winning Set 2, in 6-4!
