Indian men's doubles pairs of Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna, and Leander Paes and Vishnu Vardhan have been handed a tough first round match in the tennis event at the London Olympics
Bhupathi-Bopanna are seeded seventh and face Belarus’s Max Mirnyi and Alexander Bury in the first round starting on Saturday. The unseeded duo of Paes-Vardhan will take on the Dutch pairing of Robin Haase and Jean-Julien Rojer in the 32-team draw that was announced here yesterday.
The Indians will have to play out of their skins for a podium finish. Bhupathi-Bopanna will play either Britain’s Colin Fleming and Ross Hutchins or Frenchmen Julien Benneteau and Richard Gasquet if they clear the first hurdle.
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They are drawn to meet third seeds Nenad Zimonjic and Janko Tipsarevic from Serbia in the quarter-finals. The going will be tougher for Paes and Vardhan, who will run into second seeded French pairing of Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Michael Llodra in the second round.
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