Bopanna–Lu clinch a thriller to make doubles quarters

Rohan Bopanna and Hsun Yen Lu of Taipei saved a match point before beating Deniss Pavlovs and Vaja Uzakov 6-4, 6-7(3), 12-10 to book a quarterfinals.

New Delhi: Rohan Bopanna and Hsun Yen Lu of Taipei saved a match point before beating Deniss Pavlovs and

Vaja Uzakov 6-4, 6-7(3), 12-10 to book a quarterfinal berth in the doubles event of the ATP Tashkent Challenger today. After one-set all, the second seeds were facing a match point as they trailed the Super tie-breaker 9-10 but managed to scrape past the Latvia-Uzbekistan duo in the opening match of the USD 1,25,00 hard court event. However, Somdev Devvarman and Purav Raja lost their first round clash 6-3 3-6 4-10 to Spanish pair of Inigo Cervantes Huegun and Guillermo Plaso. Bureau Report