Wimbledon 2021 News Live Updates: Bopanna/Mirza Get Straight Set Win over Raina/Ramanathan in Mixed Doubles

Rohan Bopanna/Sania Mirza vs Ankita Raina/Ramakumar Ramanathan

Rohan akes double faults as Ramakumar hits it into the net... as Ankita too double faults. Sania's return can't be stopped by Ramakumar and the senior pro are 2-3. Ramakumar hits it long and it is 3-3. Good net play from Rohan and it is 4-3 in their favour. What a point but Sania's touch as Ramakumar serves an ace to make it 4-5. Rohan with a good serve and it 6-4 but Sania miss timed her smash and it is 6-5. What a shot from Rohand and they win 7-5. 

Rohan Bopanna and Sania Mirza win 6-2, 7-5!

Rohan Bopanna/Sania Mirza vs Ankita Raina/Ramakumar Ramanathan

Ankita misses a return and another as the senior pro go 30-0 up. They are up 40-0 with Ramakumar hitting it long. Sania wraps it up 6-6.

Onto a tie-breaker!

Rohan Bopanna/Sania Mirza vs Ankita Raina/Ramakumar Ramanathan

Ankita misses another serve after Sania's beautiful return and it 0-30. Sania hits a return long and it 15-30. Rohan hits a return long and it is 30-30. Good work from Ramakumar at the net and they are up 40-30. Sania hits it long and the youngster lead 6-5.

Rohan Bopanna/Sania Mirza vs Ankita Raina/Ramakumar Ramanathan

Rohan starts with a good serve as Ankita then hits long, to 30-0 up. Rohan makes a mistake but Ankita hits it wide and it 40-15. They wrap it up and it 5-5.

Rohan Bopanna/Sania Mirza vs Ankita Raina/Ramakumar Ramanathan

Ramakumar hits an ace and then Rohan send his return into the net and the young pair go 30-0 up. Ramakumar hits another ace and it is 40-0 but Ankita misses her smash and it 40-15. Another ace and they make it 5-4.

Rohan Bopanna/Sania Mirza vs Ankita Raina/Ramakumar Ramanathan

 Sania hits a return long on her backhand but Ankita hits it out on her serve return. Another mistake and they go 30-15 up. Sania hits a forehand return long, after some terrific rally, and it is30-30. Good net pay from Ankita and 40-30. Ankita miss-hits her return and it is deuce. A double fault from Sania as Rohan takes a return on the volley and makes it deuce again. A similar net play from Rohan and they wraps it up to make it 4-4.

Rohan Bopanna/Sania Mirza vs Ankita Raina/Ramakumar Ramanathan

Ankita's serving have cost the pair so far as the senior pros go 0-30 up. Ramakumar with some crafty net-play and it is 15-30. Ankita commits a double fault and makes it up with a good down the line serve. Bopanna/Mirza though, break again. it is 3-4.  

Rohan Bopanna/Sania Mirza vs Ankita Raina/Ramakumar Ramanathan

Rohan with a good serve and smash to go 15-0 up as Sania hits a smashing return as Ramakumar miss-hits. An ace from Rohan and the wrap up the game at love.

Rohan Bopanna/Sania Mirza vs Ankita Raina/Ramakumar Ramanathan

Ramakumar serves up back-to-back aces to go 30-0 up. Another ace and it is 40-0. A good slice after a good rally. And hod serve to go up 4-1. 

Rohan Bopanna/Sania Mirza vs Ankita Raina/Ramakumar Ramanathan

Sania serves well but a good return from Ramakumar means it 0-15. She then hits superb backhand return and it is 15-15. She hits the net and 15-30. Rohan with lightning fast reflexes at the net but it hits his hand and it is 15-40 and the younger pair get the break.

Rohan Bopanna/Sania Mirza vs Ankita Raina/Ramakumar Ramanathan

Ankita hits a good serve but a poor return means it is 15-15. Good net pay from Ramanathan and they are 30-15. Rohan hits long on his return and it 40-15 to the youngsters. Ramanathan hits long after a good rally and it 40-30. Another mistake from Ankita and it deuce. She makes it up with a good forehand return and takes holds serve to go 2-1 up.

Rohan Bopanna/Sania Mirza vs Ankita Raina/Ramakumar Ramanathan

A good return from Ramanathan and it 0-15. A mistake from Sania and it is 0-30. 15-30 after Ramanathan hits the net and it is all square a 30-0 with another poor return from Ankita. A similar mistake from Ramanathan and it is 40-30. Good doubles play from the senior pros and they take the point. 1-1. 

Rohan Bopanna/Sania Mirza vs Ankita Raina/Ramakumar Ramanathan

Ramanathan starts with an ace and takes a 30-0 led with another quick serve. Another ace and it is 40-0 up. They wrap it up another ace from Ramanathan. 

Rohan Bopanna/Sania Mirza vs Ankita Raina/Ramakumar Ramanathan

Sania serves for the set and starts with a good one with Rohan finishing at the net. Comfortable from the senior pair as they go 30-0 up.  Rohan is so quick at the net and it is 40-0. And wrapped up in style by Rohan and they win the first set 6-2!

Rohan Bopanna/Sania Mirza vs Ankita Raina/Ramakumar Ramanathan

Ramanathan hits a cute drop shot that Sania can't reach as Ankita's backhand return hits the net and it is 15-15. What a return from Ankita down the line and as Sania somehow manages a return Ramanathan smashes it to go ahead only for him to miss his next shot and it is 30-30. He miss-hits and are on the verge of being broken. What a return from Rohan it is 2-5 now.

Rohan Bopanna/Sania Mirza vs Ankita Raina/Ramakumar Ramanathan

Rohan gets a great pick up to go 15-0 up. And tips an ace to be 30-0 up. A double fault means it is 30-15. They challenge and it corrected to be 40-0. He finishes it up at love and go 4-2 up. 

Rohan Bopanna/Sania Mirza vs Ankita Raina/Ramakumar Ramanathan

Good serves from Ramakumar sandwiched between a good net play from Ankita and they hold serve easily. They trail 2-3. 

Rohan Bopanna/Sania Mirza vs Ankita Raina/Ramakumar Ramanathan

Sania Mirza takes a 15-0 lead but a double fault means it is 15-15. Ankita hits one long and it 30-15 to Sania but a beautiful return on the serve makes it 30 apiece. Rohan shows quick reactions at the net as they go 40-30 up but Ankita and Ramakumar take it to deuce. Sania double faults but Raina hits her return long and it deuce again. Ramakumar's return hits the net but Sania double faults again and it is deuce again. Another unforced error from Ramakumar and Rohan smashes to hold serve. They are up 3-1.

Rohan Bopanna/Sania Mirza vs Ankita Raina/Ramakumar Ramanathan

Ankita Raina is under pressure on her first serve as the veteran Sania Mirza stamps her authority on her younger competitor. Ankita and Ramakumar make a comeback but Sania and Rohan break serve after a deuce to take a 1-2 lead. 

Rohan Bopanna/Sania Mirza vs Ankita Raina/Ramakumar Ramanathan

Rohan Bopanna also holds serve and that too at love! What a start to the game in the all-Indian match-up!

Rohan Bopanna/Sania Mirza vs Ankita Raina/Ramakumar Ramanathan

And we are off! Ramakumar Ramanathan starts the match as he serves a few faults but wraps up the point 40-15 to hold serve!

All-Indian affair in the first round of the Mixed Doubles...

Rohan Bopanna and Sania Mirza face Ankita Raina and Ramakumar Ramanathan!

Ongoing Matches

Singles

K Pliskova vs T Martincova
I Swiatek vs I Begu
F Fognini vs A Rublev
F Tiafoe vs K Khachanov

Men's/Women's Doubles

F Bagnis/A Ramos-Villas vs P Herbert/N Mahut
L Harris/A Popyrin vs A Krajicek/T Sandgren
P Bados/S Sorribes Tormo vs B Pera/R Van Der Hoek

N Melichar/ D Schuurs vs A Mitu/M Niculescu
L Kichenok/M Ninimiya vs M Linette/A Rosolska
M Bouzkova/L Hradecka vs M Kato/R Voracova
J Chardy/F Martin vs F Delbonis/A Sitak
J Cabal/R Farah vs Y-H Lu/D Pel
J Murray/B Soares vs N Monroe/V Pospisil

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Major Matches of the Day

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Major Matches of the Day

Five things to watch on Day 5 (a thread) 🧵

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Here’s the order of play for day five at Wimbledon 2021

Centre Court

(21) Ons Jabeur (Tun) v (11) Garbine Muguruza (Spa), (22) Dan Evans (Gbr) v Sebastian Korda (USA), (10) Denis Shapovalov (Can) v Andy Murray (Gbr)

Court 1

Ludmilla Samsonova (Rus) v Sloane Stephens (USA), (1) Novak Djokovic (Ser) v Denis Kudla (USA), (13) Elise Mertens (Bel) v (23) Madison Keys (USA)

Court 2

(8) Karolina Pliskova (Cze) v Tereza Martincova (Cze), Maria Camila Osorio Serrano (Col) v (2) Aryna Sabalenka (Blr), Dominik Koepfer (Ger) v (8) Roberto Bautista Agut (Spa)

Court 3

(26) Fabio Fognini (Ita) v (5) Andrey Rublev (Rus), (9) Diego Schwartzman (Arg) v Marton Fucsovics (Hun)

Court 4

(1) Barbora Krejcikova (Cze) & Katerina Siniakova (Cze) v TBA & TBA, Alexander Bublik (Kaz) & Aleksandr Nedovyesov (Kaz) v Rafael Matos (Bra) & Thiago Moura Monteiro (Bra), Sarah Grey (Gbr) & Emily Webley-Smith (Gbr) v Tereza Martincova (Cze) & Marketa Vondrousova (Cze), Divij Sharan (Ind) & Samantha Murray (Gbr) v Ariel Behar (Uru) & Renata Voracova (Cze), Roman Jebavy (Cze) & Marketa Vondrousova (Cze) v Andre Begemann (Ger) & Vivian Heisen (Ger)

Court 5

Facundo Bagnis (Arg) & Albert Ramos-Vinolas (Spa) v (2) Pierre-Hugues Herbert (Fra) & Nicolas Mahut (Fra), Samantha Stosur (Aus) & Coco Vandeweghe (USA) v Anna Kalinskaya (Rus) & Yulia Putintseva (Kaz), Sander Arends (Ned) & Matwe Middelkoop (Ned) v (8) Lukasz Kubot (Pol) & Marcelo Melo (Bra), Jonathan Erlich (Isr) & Lucie Hradecka (Cze) v Gonzalo Escobar (Ecu) & Vera Zvonareva (Rus), Matwe Middelkoop (Ned) & Kiki Bertens (Ned) v Matthew Ebden (Aus) & Samantha Stosur (Aus)

Court 6

Lyudmyla Kichenok (Ukr) & Makoto Ninomiya (Jpn) v Magda Linette (Pol) & Alicja Rosolska (Pol), Laslo Djere (Ser) & Gianluca Mager (Ita) v (6) Rajeev Ram (USA) & Joe Salisbury (Gbr), Caroline Dolehide (USA) & Storm Sanders (Aus) v Kaja Juvan (Slo) & Ann Li (USA), Oliver Marach (Aut) & Lyudmyla Kichenok (Ukr) v Santiago Gonzalez (Mex) & Giuliana Olmos (Mex), Nicholas Monroe (USA) & Renata Voracova (Cze) v Jonny O’Mara (Gbr) & Sarah Grey (Gbr)

Court 7

(4) Nicole Melichar (USA) & Demi Schuurs (Ned) v Andreea Mitu (Rom) & Monica Niculescu (Rom), Cornelia Lister (Swe) & Patricia Maria Tig (Rom) v (7) Hao-Ching Chan (Tpe) & Latisha Chan (Tpe), Lloyd Glasspool (Gbr) & Jodie Burrage (Gbr) v Luke Bambridge (Gbr) & Asia Muhammad (USA), Marcelo Demoliner (Bra) & Luisa Stefani (Bra) v David Pel (Ned) & Rosalie Van Der Hoek (Ned)

Court 8

11:00: Lloyd George Harris (Rsa) & Alexei Popyrin (Aus) v Austin Krajicek (USA) & Tennys Sandgren (USA), Rohan Bopanna (Ind) & Sania Mirza (Ind) v Ramkumar Ramanathan (Ind) & Ankita Raina (Ind), Mona Barthel (Ger) & Julia Wachaczyk (Ger) v Aliaksandra Sasnovich (Blr) & Clara Tauson (Den)

Court 9

Jeremy Chardy (Fra) & Fabrice Martin (Fra) v Federico Delbonis (Arg) & Artem Sitak (Nzl), Roman Jebavy (Cze) & Jiri Vesely (Cze) v Alastiar Gray (Gbr) & Aidan McHugh (Gbr), Christina McHale (USA) & Ajla Tomljanovic (Aus) v Kaitlyn Christian (USA) & Nao Hibino (Jpn), Ryan Peniston (Gbr) & Eden Silva (Gbr) v Jeremy Chardy (Fra) & Naomi Broady (Gbr)

Court 10

(16) Marie Bouzkova (Cze) & Lucie Hradecka (Cze) v Miyu Kato (Jpn) & Renata Voracova (Cze), John Peers (Aus) & Jordan Thompson (Aus) v (16) Max Purcell (Aus) & Luke Saville (Aus), Marta Kostyuk (Ukr) & Jelena Ostapenko (Lat) v Belinda Bencic (Swi) & Sofia Kenin (USA)

Court 12

(7) Iga Swiatek (Pol) v Irina-Camelia Begu (Rom), (17) Christian Garin (Chi) v Pedro Martinez Portero (Spa), Viktorija Golubic (Swi) v Madison Brengle (USA), (5) Ivan Dodig (Cro) & Filip Polasek (Svk) v Norbert Gombos (Svk) & Pedro Martinez Portero (Spa)

Court 14

(7) Jamie Murray (Gbr) & Bruno Soares (Bra) v Nicholas Monroe (USA) & Vasek Pospisil (Can), Varvara Gracheva (Rus) & Oksana Kalashnikova (Geo) v Zarina Diyas (Kaz) & Anastasia Rodionova (Aus), Ken Skupski (Gbr) & Neal Skupski (Gbr) v (4) Marcel Granollers (Spa) & Horacio Zeballos (Arg), John-Patrick Smith (Aus) & Catherine McNally (USA) v Andrei Vasilevski (Blr) & Arina Rodionova (Aus), Marc Lopez (Spa) & Marie Bouzkova (Cze) v Max Purcell (Aus) & Marta Kostyuk (Ukr)

Court 15

(3) Juan Sebastian Cabal (Col) & Robert Farah (Col) v Yen-Hsun Lu (Tpe) & David Pel (Ned), Sabrina Santamaria (USA) & Tamara Zidansek (Slo) v (13) Nadiia Kichenok (Ukr) & Raluca Olaru (Rom), Greet Minnen (Bel) & Alison Van Uytvanck (Bel) v (15) Viktoria Kuzmova (Svk) & Arantxa Rus (Ned), Andre Goransson (Swe) & Casper Ruud (Nor) v (9) Kevin Krawietz (Ger) & Horia Tecau (Rom)

Court 17

Paula Badosa Gibert (Spa) & Sara Sorribes Tormo (Spa) v Bernarda Pera (USA) & Rosalie Van Der Hoek (Ned), (12) Cori Gauff (USA) & Catherine McNally (USA) v Daria Kasatkina (Rus) & Ellen Perez (Aus), Tomislav Brkic (Bih) & Nikola Cacic (Ser) v Egor Gerasimov (Blr) & Yoshihito Nishioka (Jpn)

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