India's Rohan Bopanna and France's Edouard Roger-Vasselin have beaten Britain's Jamie Murray and Australia's John Peers 7-6, 6-4 in the final of the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships in Tokyo to claim the doubles trophy.
The first set took 44 minutes while the second took 34 minutes to complete in a match that went on for 1 hour and 18 minutes.
There were no breaks of serve in the first set while a single break in the second set ensured that the Indo-French pair comfortably won the title.
Bopanna and Roger Vasselin were the fourth seeds in the tournament.
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