Mahesh Bhupathi, Rohan Bopanna enter Wimbledon second round

India News Bulletin Desk
Mahesh Bhupathi, Wimbledon
Source: Lara Dutta Twitter

LONDON -- India's tennis stars Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna scored a 6-0, 7-6 (1), 6-2 win over Uruguay's Marcel Felder and Tunisia's Malek Jaziri on Wednesday at Wimbledon.

Here’s a picture, Bhupathi’s wife and former Miss Universe, Lara Dutta published on Twitter on the same day.

Bhupathi-Bopanna advanced to the second round of men’s doubles and will play the winner of the match between Spain’s Pablo Andujar and Guillermo Garcia-Lopezin and Russia's Mikhail Elgin and Uzbekistan's Denis Istomin.

The duo converted five of the nine break points they got, while their rivals failed to convert any of the five opportunities they had. They took just 17 minutes to wrap up the first set after converting three of the four breakpoint chances.

Bhupathi will also participate in London 2012 Olympic Games along with other Indian tennis players Sania Mirza, leander Paes and Rohan Bopanna.

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