Bopanna-Skugor enters 2nd round of French Open

Paris: India’s Rohan Bopanna and Franko Skugor of Croatia sailed into the men’s doubles second round at the French Open with a straight-set win over Gerogia’s Nikoloz Basilashvili and Andre Begemann of Germany here on Tuesday.

The Indo-Croat combination took just an hour and one minute to dispose off their rivals 6-4, 6-2 in their tournament



opener.

Bopanna and Skugor broke their opponents once in the first set and twice in the second to wrap up in style.

Bopanna and Skugor will next take on Nicholas Monroe and Frances Tiafoe as they win 6-3, 6-4 in their opening match.