Rohan Bopanna and Denis Shapovalov did not have to hit a ball to make the semifinals as the duo was given a walkover in the last eight by Benoit Paire and Stan Wawrinka in the $6,338, 885 ATP-1000 tennis tournament here.
Bopanna and Shapovalov were scheduled to play Robin Haase and Wesley Koolhof of the Netherlands, who beat the Bryan twinsm Bob and Mike, 6-7(8), 7-6(5), 10-5 in their quarterfinal.
In the Challenger semifinals in Germany, second seeds Sriram Balaji and Vishnu Vardhan lost 6-4, 7-6(3) to Croatia’s Ivan Sabanov and Matej Sabanov.
In the $15,000 ITF women’s event in Nairobi, top seed Mahak Jain cruised into the final and will face the eighth-seeded Sada Nahimana of Burundi.
The results:
$6,338,885 ATP, Montreal: Doubles (quarterfinals): Denis Shapovalov (Can) & Rohan Bopanna w/o Benoit Paire (Fra) & Stan Wawrinka (Sui).
€46,600 Challenger, Augsburg, Germany: Doubles (semifinals): Ivan Sabanov & Matej Sabanov (Cro) bt Sriram Balaji & Vishnu Vardhan 6-4, 7-6(3).
$15,000 ITF men, Wetzlar, Germany: Doubles (semifinals): Niklas Schell & Constantin Schmitz (Ger) bt Dominik Recek (Cze) & Adil Kalyanpur 6-0, 6-4.
$15,000 ITF women, Nairobi: Semifinals: Mahak Jain bt Lexie Stevens (Ned) 6-1, 6-4.
