India's Rohan Bopanna crashes out of Australian Open after 1st round loss in men's doubles
Australian Open 2023: Veteran Indian tennis star Rohan Bopanna has been knocked out of the tournament in the first round,. Bopanna alongside his Australian partner Matthew Ebden lost in straight sets.
In Short
- Indian men's players failed to go past the first round in Indian Open
- Rohan Bopanna exited in the first round of the competition
- Bopanna and his Australian partner Matthew Ebden lost in straight sets
Things have not been going well for Indian men's players in the Australian Open 2023. After Yuki Bhambri and Saketh Myneni's first-round exit from the competition, veteran Rohan Bopanna too has crashed out from the tournament.
Bopanna alongside his Australian partner Matthew Ebden lost in straight sets against Austrian pair Lucas Miedler and Alexander Erler. The 10th seed pair failed to hold their serves and lost 3-6, 5-7 on Friday morning, 20 January.
The trend of Indians losing in the doubles matches continued from Thursday where Bhambri and Myneni lost in three sets against Miles and Peers. This was followed by Ramanathan and Reyes-Valera losing to the Tsitsipas brothers later in the day.
Both matches went to three sets.
The fortunes in the women's doubles however bore different results as Sania Mirza and Anna Danilina defeated Dalma Galfi and Bernarda Pera in straight sets (6-2, 7-5) to storm into the second round of the competition. This is set to be Sania Mirza's final Grand Slam tournament.
Day 5 of the Australian Open 2023 has not yet sprung any surprises like the last two days, with the likes of Stephanos Tsitsipas and Barbora Krejcikova going to the fourth round in straight sets. 15th seed in the men's singles competition, Jack Sinner came close to getting knocked out. But he pulled back from 2 sets down to register a sensational comeback.