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Bopanna-Mirnyi scalp third seeds

October 23, 2008 13:20 IST

Rohan Bopanna and his new partner Max Mirnyi accounted for the third seeded Mikhail Youzhny and Mischa Zverev in the opening round of the USD 1,049,000 St Petersburg [Images] Open on Wednesday.

Indian Davis Cupper Bopanna and Belarusian Mirnyi took exactly one hour to script the ouster of Russian-German pair 6-3, 6-4 to move into the quarterfinals of the hard court event.

They will take on Russian pair of Igor Kunitsyn and Marat Safin [Images] for a place in the semifinals.

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