Indian pair of N Sriram Balaji and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan defeated fifth seeds Ivan Dodig and Austin Krajicek 7-6 (6), 2-6, 6-4 to succeed in the second spherical of the 2023 Australian Open.
Jeevan / Bala Stuns French Open Finalist!
The Indian doubles dream is getting stronger as our group beat No.5 seeds Austin Krajicek / Ivan Dodig 7-6 2-6 6-4 to maneuver into R2.
Austin was Jeevan’s doubles accomplice in 2018 and performed within the ATP Chengdu Open remaining in opposition to I Dodig! pic.twitter.com/WOyx00LyxS
– Indian Tennis Daily (ITD) (@IndTennisDaily) January 21, 2023
It is the one males’s doubles group consisting of no less than one Indian to make it to the second spherical.
They will now face French pair of Jeremy Chady and Fabrice Martin within the second spherical.
The Tamil Nadu-born pair completed runners-up within the fifth version of the Tata Open Maharashtra this yr, the place they misplaced to fourth seeds Sander Gill and Joran Weijn.
Jeevan has had appreciable success with Rohan Bopanna and later with Vishnu Vardhan. But it’s his childhood buddy with whom life has discovered success.
“We have been good associates since college, there’s a number of respect for one another and in addition between households. We stick collectively in dangerous instances to make good instances occur. It is fantastic to play with him.’
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
