Australian Open 2018: Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan eliminated from men’s double
Australian Open 2018: Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan eliminated from men’s double
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India’s participation in the men’s doubles draw ended at the Australian Open on Monday with Divij Sharan and Rohan Bopanna bowing out in the third round. Playing with their respective partners, Sharan and Bopanna pushed the matches to third set but weren’t able to extend their stay in the draw. On Sunday, Leander Paes and Purav Raja had bowed out in straight sets.

Pairing with Frenchman Edouard Roger-Vasselin, Bopanna lost to Oliver Marach of Austria and Croatia’s Mate Pavic 4-6, 7-6, (7-5) 3-6 at Melbourne Park. The contest lasted a little over two hours and saw the Indo-French combination convert one out of two break point chances, while their opponents converted three out of 12 break points. In another difference between the two teams, Bopanna and Roger-Vasselin had two aces compared to their opponents’ seven.

In an earlier match on Day 8 of the Australian Open, duo of Sharan and Rajeev Ram from USA suffered a 6-3, 6-7 (4), 4-6 defeat at the hands of top seeds Lukasz Kubot of Poland and Brazil’s world number one Marcelo Melo. The contested lasted two hours and 12 minutes and saw Sharan and Ram convert two of six break point opportunities. In comparison, Kubot and Melo converted two out of four break points. Earlier on Sunday, Leander Paes and Purav Raja were convincingly swept aside by Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah of Colombia 1-6, 2-6 in just an hour and nine minutes.

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