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French Open: Leander Paes, Rohan Bopanna Enter Men's Doubles Third Round
While Leander Paes sailed into the third round with Pole Marcin Matkowski, Rohan Bopanna is playing with regular partner Florin Mergea of Romania.
Leander Paes has entered the men's doubles third round at the French Open.© PTI
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Paes and Bopanna have entered the men's doubles third round
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Paris:
India's Leander Paes and Rohan Bopanna sailed into the men's doubles third round with their respective partners at the French Open in Paris on Friday.
Sixth seeds Bopanna and Florin Mergea defeated the French pair of Gregoire Barrere and Quentin Halys 6-3 6-4 in the second round in Paris.
Paes, playing with Polish partner Marcin Matkowski, too won their second round match comfortably.
The 16th seeds beat the Austrian-German combine of Julian Knowle and Florian Mayer 6-4, 6-3 on Court 14 at Roland Garros.
Later on Friday, women's doubles top seeds, Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis, will take on the Japanese pair of Nao Hibino and Eri Hozumi in the second round.
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