Rohan Bopanna and Canada’s Denis Shapovalov lost 6-4, 5-7, 11-9 to Nikola Mektic and Franko Skugor of Croatia in the quarterfinals of the Japan Open here on Thursday.
Divij Sharan and Artem Sitak of New Zealand lost in straight sets to French second seeds Nicolas Mahut and Edouard Roger-Vasselin.
The quarterfinal entry was worth 90 ATP points and $15,500 each to the two teams.
In the Challenger in Barcelona, Ramkumar Ramanathan and Sergio Martos Gornes of Spain made the doubles semifinals, beating Spaniards Inigo Cervantes and Oriol Roca Batalla 12-10 in the super tie-break.
The results: Japan Open, Tokyo: Quarterfinals: Nikola Mektic & Franko Skugor (Cro) bt Denis Shapovalov (Can) & Rohan Bopanna 6-4, 5-7, [11-9]; Nicolas Mahut & Edouard Roger-Vasselin (Fra) bt Artem Sitak (Nzl) & Divij Sharan 7-6(5), 6-3.
€46,600 Challenger, Barcelona: Quarterfinals: Sergio Martos Gornes (Esp) & Ramkumar Ramanathan bt Inigo Cervantes & Oriol Roca Batalla (Esp) 5-7, 6-3, [12-10].
