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Nadal/Carreno Busta Oust Third Seeds In Beijing Opener

Pablo Carreno Busta and Rafael Nadal reached the China Open quarter-finals on Monday in Beijing as they upset third seeds Rohan Bopanna and Daniel Nestor 7-6(3), 6-4 in the first round. The Spaniards have both enjoyed great success on the doubles court in 2016. Nadal partnered Marc Lopez to the gold medal at the Rio Olympics, while Carreno Busta was runner-up at the US Open with Guillermo Garcia-Lopez and also reached the final last week in Chengdu, with Mariusz Fyrstenberg (l. to Klaasen/Ram). Nadal and Carreno Busta go on to face Chinese wild card pairing Mao-Xin Gong and Ze Zhang, who upset Americans Steve Johnson and Sam Querrey 3-6, 6-3, 10-4. Paolo Lorenzi and Guido Pella dealt a blow to...

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