Florin Mergea News
The unseeded Indo-Polish pair knocked out Romania's Florin Mergea and Serbia's Viktor Troicki 6-3 6-4 in the quarter-finals of the USD 2,617,160 hard court tournament.
Nadal, 30, and his childhood friend Marc Lopez, 34, beat Florin Mergea and Horia Tecau of Romania to win 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 and claim the gold medal.
The match at court 19 featured only one break that came Bopanna and Mergea's way in the 11th game of the opening set.
The Indo-Polish combo will next take on the formidable Bryan Brothers -- Bob and Mike.
The Indo-Swiss pair is likely to meet top seeds Hao-Ching Chan and Jamie Murray in the semis.
Bopanna and Mergea will next take on fourth-seeded pair of Jamie Murray of Britain and Bruno Soares of Brazil.
The sixth seeded Indo-Romanian pair slogged for an hour and nine minutes before ending up on the losing side.
Leander Paes-Martina Hingis match was cancelled due to rain.
Sania alongside Martina won their 31st match on the trot.
The fourth seeded Indo-Romanian pair lost the final 3-6 6-7(6) to the unseeded Brazilian-Briton pair on hour and 29 minutes.
Bopanna and Mergea will now face Jamie Murray of Great Britain and Brazil's Bruno Soares in the final .
Bopanna and Mergea will play unseeded Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil and Leonardo Mayer of Argentina for a place in the final.
The 42-year-old tennis ace said that he is hopeful that he will get a chance to pair up with Sania Mirza at Rio Olympics 2016.
"We get along really well as a team and if somebody loses, we share a laugh and it's a great atmosphere," added Bopanna.
Bopanna and Mergea were defeated by Jean-Julien Roger and Horia Tecau in the final.
The duo beat Ivan Dodig and Marcelo Melo 6-4, 6-2.
Indo-Romanian pair eventually lost 4-6 6-1 5-10 to the fifth seeds.
The last time they beat the Bryans was in the quarter-finals of Wimbledon earlier this year, where they earned a four-set triumph.
Bopanna and Mergea were the eighth and last pair to qualify for the $7 million indoor hard court tournament.
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