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Mirnyi-Nestor, Bhupathi-Paes Pass Opening Test; Bopanna-Qureshi Lose Into Tokyo

This year's Roland Garros titlists, second seeds Max Mirnyi and Daniel Nestor, recorded their 31st match win of the year (31-15 overall) on Wednesday by beating Spaniards Feliciano Lopez and Fernando Verdasco 2-6, 7-6(5), 10-5 in 81 minutes on Wednesday at the China Open.

Fourth seeds Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes came through a testing opening clash with local wild cards Mao-Xin Gong and Zhe Li, 6-2, 3-6, 10-3. The 'Indian Express' broke serve three times from four opportunities and clinched victory in the Match Tie-break in 69 minutes.

Bhupathi and Paes are next in line to qualify for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in November, and will look to add valuable points by reclaiming the Beijing title that they won in 1997 (d. O’Brien-Courier). They have won three ATP World Tour titles this year, and finished runners-up at the Australian Open (l. to Bryans).

Two-time Wimbledon finalists Robert Lindstedt and Horia Tecau made a strong start, breaking serve four times from 13 opportunities as they defeated Spanish alternate pairing Nicolas Almagro and Tommy Robredo 6-3, 7-5. Almagro and Robredo replaced John Isner and Andy Roddick.

At the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships in Tokyo, all doubles matches were played indoors at the National Tennis Centre. Finals hopefuls and top seeds Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi lost in the opening round to Brazilians Marcelo Melo and Bruno Soares 6-4, 6-3 in 70 minutes.

Second seeds Eric Butorac and Jean-Julien Rojer, one spot behind Bopanna and Qureshi at No. 8 in the Battle for London, converted one of eight break points opportunities to beat Ivan Dodig and Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-3, 7-6(5) in one hour and 52 minutes.

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