NEW DELHI: Veteran Indian tennis star
Rohan Bopanna and his Indonesian partner Aldila Sutjiadi advanced to the semifinals of the US Open mixed doubles with a hard-fought victory over Australian Matthew Ebden and Czech player Barbora Krejcikova.
The match, which took place on Monday night, saw the eighth-seeded Indian-Indonesian pair secure a 7-6(4), 2-6, 10-7 win against the fourth-seeded team.
Bopanna and Sutjiadi will face the American duo of Donald Young and Taylor Townsend in the semi-finals.
The quarterfinal match lasted one hour and 33 minutes. Bopanna and Sutjiadi showcased resilience as they battled through a tight contest.
The 44-year-old Bopanna had previously exited the men's doubles competition. He and his partner Ebden, who were seeded second, fell to the 16th-seeded Argentine duo of Maximo Gonzalez and Andres Molteni with a scoreline of 1-6, 5-7 in the third round.