Tennis
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
- 6 July 2021 4:44 PM GMT
Mirza-Bopanna get broken to love
Sania Mirza struggles with her serve after the long break and loses her service game to love.
- 6 July 2021 4:42 PM GMT
Play has resumed on Court 2 after a rain delay
Back on the courts, Sania Mirza-Rohan Bopanna continue their third-round clash.
Both sides are holding their serve till now.
- 6 July 2021 12:34 PM GMT
Rain hampers play once more
And once again, the rain clouds darken and grumble and play gets disrupted for a second time.
We have to wait once more. Stay with us, till then!
- 6 July 2021 12:32 PM GMT
BOP/MIR 2 ROJ/KLE 3
The all-Indo pair fail to capitalise on the chance - Bopanna goes wrong with the volley and finds the next shot in the net.
- 6 July 2021 12:30 PM GMT
Deuce time on the Rojer serve
Back to the service of the Dutchman, the all-Indo pair begins to put pressure to initially lead 0-30.
We are onto a deuce as Mirza smashes! - 6 July 2021 12:27 PM GMT
IT'S SANIA MIRZA ON SERVE NOW!
Sania serves strongly and doesn't drop a single point in her service game - packing in powerful forehand winners.
It is 2-all on the scoreboard.
- 6 July 2021 12:24 PM GMT
It's the turn of the Slovenian to serve and she begins well.
Not breaking into too much sweat, the Slovenian-Dutch duo bag the third game of the match to lead 2-1. - 6 July 2021 12:21 PM GMT
The match is set to restart - players back on court
The rain has stopped and the covers have come off. We are back on the court!
Players are warming up once again, the match will resume ASAP. - 6 July 2021 10:26 AM GMT
BOP/MIR 1 ROJ/KLE 1
The covers have been laid over the grass-court as rain plays spoilsport on yet another day of the Wimbledon Championships.
The match had gotten off to a strong start from both sides and the scoreboard indicates as much!
Stay tuned to The Bridge as we will resume live updates as soon as the covers are lifted and the players come back on the court.
