Bopan-Mergea advances in Madrid Open

Madrid, May 5: Rohan Bopan and Florin Mergea defeated Marin Draganja and Henri Kontinen 5-7, 7-6(5), 10-6 in the Round of 32 at the $4,660,678 Madrid Open tennis tourment here.  The Indo-Romanian pair were involved in a fierce contest with fortunes swaying both ways. Bopan-Mergea won 77 of the 153 points played on Monday. Bopan-Mergea maintained their composure and filly outplayed the Croat-Finnish duo in the third set tie-breaker at the clay court event. IANS