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[caption id="attachment_34536" align="aligncenter" width="580"] Bopanna, Cuevas will face top seeded pair in the quarterfinals. File Pic[/caption] Internet Desk: India’s Rohan Bopanna and his partner Pablo Cueves beat fifth seeds Raven Klaasen and Rajeev Ram in a hard fought three-set battle to reach the quarterfinals of the ATP Monte Carlo Masters in Monaco. The Indo-Uruguay pair out-classed Klaasen-Ram pair by 6-7(6), 6-4, 10-6 in the quarterfinals. The unseeded pair next face top seeded Henri Kontinen and John Peers, who beat Novak Djokovic and Victor Troicki in straight sets. The Monte Carlo Masters is fifth tournament Bopanna is playing with Cuevas and this is their best performance together after joining forces at the beginning of the season. Bopanna won the season-opening ATP 250 Chennai Open with compatriot Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and reached final of ATP 500 Dubai Championships with Polish partner Marcin Matkowski.