Bopanna-Denis go down fighting in doubles q-final in Madrid Open

   CHANDIGARH, MAY 7  

 Rohan Bopanna and Denis Shapovalov of Canada  went down fighting to German pair of Alexander Zverev and Tim Puetz in the evenly contested double quarter-final of the €  3,226,325 ATP Masters 1000 Mutua Madrid Open at the Arantxa Sanchez Stadium on Friday.
The Alexander-Tim and  Bopanna-Denis pairs split the first two sets before the German pair clinched the issue in the match tie-breaker. Alexander-Tim won by 6-4, 3-6, 10-5.
Bopanna-Denis earned  €  20,400.
Earlier, in round 16 doubles  Bopanna-Denis had upset Colombia's top seeded pair of Juan Sebastanian Cabal and Robert Farah 6-3, 6-4.
It was a memorable day for Alexander Zverev who toppled top seed Rafel Nadal 6-4, 6-4 in singles quarter-final. 

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