Bopanna Dodig win opener in Shanghai

pFifth seeds a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/rohan-bopanna/b757/overview'Rohan Bopanna/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/ivan-dodig/d646/overview'Ivan Dodig/a registered a comfortable 6-4, 6-3 win over a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/pedro-martinez/mo44/overview'Pedro Martinez/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/pablo-carreno-busta/cd85/overview'Pablo Carreno Busta/a to advance to the second round at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/shanghai/5014/overview'Rolex Shanghai Masters/a on Friday. /p

pAfter crashing in the opening round at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/beijing/747/overview'China Open/a last week, The Indo-Croatian duo raced to victory in one hour and three minutes on Court 6 in their first win as partners this year./p

pThe pair dropped serve once, fired five aces, and saved four break points against their Spanish opponents. They also converted three break points. /p

pThey are set to face a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/wesley-koolhof/kc41/overview'Wesley Koolhof/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/nikola-mektic/mf09/overview'Nikola Mektic/a or #NextGenATP Frenchman a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/arthur-fils/f0f1/overview'Arthur Fils/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/ben-shelton/s0s1/overview'Ben Shelton/a in the next round./p

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pa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/karen-khachanov/ke29/overview'Karen Khachanov/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andrey-rublev/re44/overview'Andrey Rublev/a stunned seventh seeds a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/neal-skupski/sl22/overview'Neal Skupski/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/michael-venus/v576/overview'Michael Venus/a 7-5, 7-5 in one hour and 25 minutes in the first match on Court 7./p

pIn the following match, a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/santiago-gonzalez/g551/overview'Santiago Gonzalez/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/edouard-roger-vasselin/r613/overview'Edouard Roger-Vasselin/a raced to a quick 6-2, 6-2 win against a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alexander-bublik/bk92/overview'Alexander Bublik/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/frances-tiafoe/td51/overview'Frances Tiafoe/a. The pair made 90 per cent of first serves and saved one break point to seal the match in 49 minutes./p

pEighth seeds a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/austin-krajicek/ka00/overview'Austin Krajicek/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/rajeev-ram/r548/overview'Rajeev Ram/a were tested by Brazilians a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/rafael-matos/mo41/overview'Rafael Matos/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/marcelo-melo/m919/overview'Marcelo Melo/a. After losing the first set, the Americans staged a comeback and won 4-6, 6-3, 14-12 in one hour and 24 minutes. They will next face Gonzalez Roger-Vasselin./p

pa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/maximo-gonzalez/g585/overview'Maximo Gonzalez/a anda href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andres/a132/overview' Andres/a Molteni were also pushed to three sets by a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/hugo-nys/n670/overview'Hugo Nys/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jan-zielinski/z423/overview'Jan Zielinski/a. The Argentines won 7-6(4), 4-6, 10-6 in one hour and 52 minutes./p

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