Australian Open 2018, Day 8: Rohan Bopanna-Edouard Roger Vesselin vs Mate Pavic-Olier Marach, Live Match Updates

Rohan Bopanna/Edouard Roger-Vasselin lose 4-6 7-6 (5) 3-6 against Mate Pavic/ Oliver Marach

Updated: 22 January 2018 11:26 IST - Published: 22 January 2018 11:09 IST

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The 7th seeded pairing of Oliver Marach and Mate Pavic win the Round of 16 clash over 10th seeded Rohan Bopanna and Edouard Roger-Vasselin to advance to the final eight.

Mate Pavic produces a strong service game in the third set to wrap up the match as

Bopanna/Roger-Vasselin 4-6 7-6 (5) 3-6 Pavic/Marach

Bopanna's service is broken in the eight game as the 7th seeded pair now have a chance to serve for the set and match.

Bopanna/Roger-Vasselin 4-6 7-6 (5) 3-5 Pavic/Marach

Oliver Marach does well to recover from 0-30 to win his service game and take a slight lead in the final set.

Bopanna/Roger-Vasselin 4-6 7-6 (5) 2-3 Pavic/Marach

Roger-Vasselin with a quick service game as Bopanna produces good winners from the net.

Bopanna/Roger-Vasselin 4-6 7-6 (5) 3-3 Pavic/Marach

Pavic serves well to hold on after some good defence from Bopanna and Vasselin helped them recover.

Bopanna/Roger-Vasselin 4-6 7-6 (5) 2-3 Pavic/Marach

Bopanna and Vasselin recover well from 0-40 down to win the game and level it up in the second set after four games.

Bopanna/Roger-Vasselin 4-6 7-6 (5) 2-2 Pavic/Marach

Marach serves well and loses just one point as they take a slender lead in the deciding set.

Bopanna/Roger-Vasselin 4-6 7-6 (5) 1-2 Pavic/Marach

Roger-Vasselin produces a strong service game to keep it all square in the third set at one game each.

Bopanna/Roger-Vasselin 4-6 7-6 (5) 1-1 Pavic/Marach

Pavic wins the first game of the second set in a close contest as Bopanna and Vasselin did well to take it to a deuce.

Bopanna/Roger-Vasselin 4-6 7-6 (5) 0-1 Pavic/Marach

Vasselin serves well to wrap up the second set for the 10th seeded pair and force the match into a decider.

Bopanna/Roger-Vasselin 4-6 7-6 (5) Pavic/Marach

Marach-Pavic rally back well to keep it close in the tie-breaker. 4-4 now

Bopanna/Roger-Vasselin 4-6 6-6 Pavic/Marach

2-2 in the tie-break as the pairs are returning well to keep it tight

Bopanna/Roger-Vasselin 4-6 5-4 Pavic/Marach

Pavic maintains his service game to force a tie-breaker in the second set of the match.

Bopanna/Roger-Vasselin 4-6 6-6 Pavic/Marach

Roger-Vasselin holds his serve as they put the pressure back on the 7th seeds.

Bopanna/Roger-Vasselin 4-6 6-5 Pavic/Marach

Marach holds his serve as the pair level it up in the second set after being down three games.

Bopanna/Roger-Vasselin 4-6 5-5 Pavic/Marach

Bopanna fails to hold serve after having three set points at his disposal. Marach and Pavic produce great winners to take the set to 5-4 after being 4-1 down.

Bopanna/Roger-Vasselin 4-6 4-1 Pavic/Marach

Pavic produces a strong service game as the Croat-Austrian pair hold on to stay alive in the second set.

Bopanna/Roger-Vasselin 4-6 5-3 Pavic/Marach

Roger-Vasselin holds on as the 10th seeds are now within one game of wrapping up the second set.

Bopanna/Roger-Vasselin 4-6 5-2 Pavic/Marach

Oliver Marach holds his service game after some good returns from Bopanna that took the game to deuce.

Bopanna/Roger-Vasselin 4-6 4-2 Pavic/Marach

Bopanna saves three break points with Vasselin doing well at the net to win the game and the pair consolidate their lead in the second set of the match.

Bopanna/Roger-Vasselin 4-6 4-1 Pavic/Marach

Pavic's serve is broken as the Indo-French pair return well to take a 3-1 lead in the second set.

Bopanna/Vasselin 4-6 3-1 Pavic/Marach

Roger-Vasselin saves two break points and serves strong at the end to wrap up a long game to keep it on serve in the second set.

Bopanna/Roger-Vasselin 4-6 2-1 Pavic/Marach

Marach serves well to hold on as Pavic wins a couple of points at the net to level it up in the second set.

Bopanna/Vesselin 4-6 1-1 Pavic/Marach