Rohan Bopanna and partner Ivan Dodig suffer shock exit in China Open first round

Beijing: Veteran Indian tennis star Rohan Bopanna and his partner Ivan Dodig from Croatia made a shock first-round exit from the China Open after losing to Francisco Cerundolo and Nicolas Jarry 5-7 6-7 in the men’s doubles match here on Saturday.

The unseeded pair of Cerundolo (Argentina) and Jarry (Chile) got the better of second-seeded Bopanna-Dodig in the round 16 match that lasted one hour 31 minutes.

It is to be noted that Bopanna was not playing with his regular partner Matthew Ebden, with whom he won the Australian Open this year, as the Australian had opted out of the tournament.