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Wimbledon: Sania Mirza/Rohan Bopanna vs Andreja Klepač/Jean-Julien Rojer - Round of 16, LIVE updates, score results, blog
Sailing into the third round of the Wimbledon Championships Mixed Doubles event, Mirza-Bopanna will take on the 14th seeded combo of Klepač-Julien Rojer for a place in the quarter-finals.
Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna
Looking to keep their momentum high, the veteran Indian tennis duo of Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna will lock horns with the Slovenian-Dutch combo of Andreja Klepač and Jean-Julien Rojer. We are set to watch this exciting clash as Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna will step onto Court 2 of the All England Club, Wimbledon, and vie for a place in the quarter-finals and stay on course to win a maiden title at the Big W.
Welcome to The Bridge's LIVE blog of the third-round clash between Sania Mirza-Rohan Bopanna vs Andreja Klepač-Jean-Julien Rojer. Follow all our updates here:
Live Updates
- 7 July 2021 3:47 PM GMT
Who will break first?
We head to the 11th game of the third set. Klepac from The Netherlands to serve!
- 7 July 2021 3:45 PM GMT
No separating the players yet
Bopanna has been the better performer among the two Indians with some fantastic long serves.
Score: Sania/Bopanna vs Rojer/Klepac 3-6, 6-3, 5-5
- 7 July 2021 3:42 PM GMT
It was the turn of Slovenian's Rojer to serve and he controls the game with some cheeky drop shots and power tennis to go into a 5-4 lead.
Score: Sania/Bopanna vs Rojer/Klepac 3-6, 6-3, 4-5
- 7 July 2021 3:39 PM GMT
Sania to serve....and she takes it!
A shaky start to the game but Sania/Bopanna wins consecutive points to make it 4-all.
Score: Sania/Bopanna vs Rojer/Klepac 3-6, 6-3, 4-4
- 7 July 2021 3:30 PM GMT
3-3!
Bopanna serves brilliantly under pressure and India have now made it three games apiece.
Score: Sania/Bopanna vs Rojer/Klepac — 3-6, 6-3, 3-3
- 7 July 2021 3:26 PM GMT
Rojer/Klepac are 14th seeds while the Indians are unranked and pairing up in a Grand Slam for the first time.
- 7 July 2021 3:22 PM GMT
All four players look in good rhythm as of now.
Four straight points from the serve of Sania Mirza and it's all square now again.
Score: Sania/Bopanna vs Rojer/Klepac — 3-6, 6-3, 2-2
- 7 July 2021 3:19 PM GMT
Opponent leads 2-1 as of now.
Klepac holds his serve and takes the third game.
Score: Sania/Bopanna vs Rojer/Klepac — 3-6, 6-3, 1-2
- 7 July 2021 3:16 PM GMT
One game each in decider so far.
Great comeback by Indians as Sania/Bopanna claw back from conceding this game by saving two break points.
Score: Sania/Bopanna vs Rojer/Klepac — 3-6, 6-3, 1-1
- 7 July 2021 3:13 PM GMT
Anti-climax for tennis fans as few seem to be unhappy that Star Sports is airing Indian matches instead of a crucial fifth setter in men's singles QF featuring Shapovalov.
