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Australian Open: India's men's doubles challenge ends in single day

India's challenge at the men's doubles event of the Australian Open came crashing down in a single day as three pairs featuring Indians suffered first round defeats in Melbourne.

By Pti
Indian pair Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan lost to Spains Pablo Carreno Busta and Guillermo Garcia-Lopez

Melbourne, January 16: India's challenge at the men's doubles event of the Australian Open came crashing down in a single day as three pairs featuring Indians suffered first round defeats in Melbourne on Wednesday (January 16).

The 15th seeded Indian team of Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan, who began their partnership with a bang in Pune, lost 1-6 6-4 5-7 to the unseeded Spanish pair of Pablo Carreno Busta and Guillermo Garcia-Lopez.

It is second straight first round defeat for the new Indian team on the tour after their triumph at the Tata Open Maharsahtra. Last week, they had lost the round of 16 at the Sydney International.

Competing in his 24th Australian Open, veteran Leander Paes and his partner Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela saved a few match points but eventually fell 5-7 6-7(4) to American-Kiwi combo of Austin Krajicek and Artem Sitak.

Also making the first round exit was Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and his partner Nicholas Monroe, who lost 6-4 6-7(8) 5-7 to Kevin Krawietz and Nikola Mektic after fighting hard for two hours and 20 minutes.

Prajnesh Gunneswaran had also made a first round exit after coming through the Qualifiers while Ramkumar Ramanathan, Ankita Raina and Karman Thandi could not make it to the singles main draw.

Story first published: Wednesday, January 16, 2019, 14:00 [IST]
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