The skilled pair of Rohan Bopanna and Sania Mirza beat model new pair of Ramkumar Ramanathan and Ankita Raina 6-2, 7-6(5) within the historic All India blended doubles first spherical match of Wimbledon right here on Friday.
This was the primary time within the Open Era that two Indian groups competed in opposition to one another in a Grand Slam match.
The competitors lastly marked the Grand Slam debut for Ramkumar, who has made 21 makes an attempt to qualify for the singles fundamental draw of a Tennis Major.
While the primary set ended early in favor of the veterans, Ramkumar and Raina put up a great struggle within the second set, which additionally they led briefly with breaks of serve.
Bopanna was clearly the perfect participant on the courtroom together with his highly effective serve and stable floor strokes from the baseline in addition to his means to execute a good internet sport.
On the anticipated strains, Ramkumar did nice service whereas Raina gave his all as he grew in confidence.
Mirza’s serve remains to be not at its greatest and it’ll enhance if she performs extra matches.
Mirza additionally superior to the second spherical of girls’s doubles with Bethany Mattek-Sands, whereas Raina and her American companion Lauren Davis misplaced in straight units to American pair of Asia Muhammad and Jessica Pegula on Thursday evening.
The 14th seed defeated the Raina-Davis pair 6-3, 6-2 in 70 minutes.
Bopanna and Divij Sharan have already crashed out within the males’s doubles first spherical match.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
