India’s Rohan Bopanna and his Croatian companion Darija Jurak Schreiber crashed out of the Australian Open combined doubles tennis occasion after shedding to Kazakhstan’s Andrey Golubev and Ukraine’s Lyudmila Kichenok on Saturday.
The Bopanna-Schreiber pair misplaced 6-1, 4-6, 11th of September in a single hour and three minutes.
Bopanna and Schreiber got here out with intent and transformed two of the three breakpoints to win the primary set 6-1 after only one unforced error.
However, Golubev-Kichenok got here again strongly to take a 4-2 lead within the second set.
Bopanna and Schreiber had been damaged 3 times within the second set and the Indian workforce took a 2-4 lead for the primary time.
Bopanna and Schreiber gained the subsequent two video games however Golubev and Kichenok gained the set 6-4, taking the match into an excellent tiebreaker.
Bopanna and Schreiber had been main 9-6 within the decider, however Golubev and Kichenok sealed it of their favor after saving three match factors and changing themselves.
Sania Mirza, who entered the second spherical of combined doubles along with her American companion Rajeev Ram, is the one Indian to discipline within the first Grand Slam of the season.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
