In Tennis, India’s Rohan Bopanna and his Australian companion Matthew Ebden have entered the Men’s Doubles pre-quarters of the prestigious Italian Open Tennis in Rome, Italy, today. The second seeded Indian- Australian duo defeated Francesco Passaro and Matteo Arnaldi of the host country in straight sets, 6-2, 6-2, in the round of 32.

Bopanna and Ebden will next face another Italian pair of Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori in the pre-quarters tomorrow.