Open link in new tab works in Firefox but not in Chrome with Selenium

I have a test where I need to open a link in a new tab. This must work fine in Firefox and Chrome. I tried it first using the Gmail link on the Google page.

On Firefox it worked perfectly, opened Gmail in a new tab. But on Chrome, the Gmail page opens in the same window and the menu remains open after right-clicking. Has anyone encountered this problem?

Below is my sample code.

Firefox code:

FirefoxProfile myprofile;
ProfilesIni profile = new ProfilesIni();            
myprofile = profile.getProfile("SeleniumAuto");             
WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver(myprofile);
driver.get("http://www.google.com");    
driver.manage().window().maximize();

Actions a = new Actions(driver);
WebElement e = driver.findElement(By.xpath("/html/body/div/div[3]/div[1]/div/div/div/div[1]/div[2]/a"));
a.moveToElement(e);
a.contextClick(e).sendKeys(Keys.ARROW_DOWN)
 .sendKeys(Keys.ENTER).build().perform();            

Chrome code:

ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
options.addArguments("--test-type");
WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver(options);
driver.get("http://www.google.com");    
driver.manage().window().maximize();*/    

Actions a = new Actions(driver);
WebElement e = driver.findElement(By.xpath("/html/body/div/div[3]/div[1]/div/div/div/div[1]/div[2]/a"));
a.moveToElement(e);
a.contextClick(e).sendKeys(Keys.ARROW_DOWN)
 .sendKeys(Keys.ENTER).build().perform();