Australian Open: Rohan Bopanna, Divij Sharan lose in doubles

Rohan Bopanna

India's Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan lost their respective men's doubles third round matches in the Australian Open here yesterday. Combining with Edouard Roger-Vasselin of France, Bopanna lost to Oliver Marach of Austria and Croatia's Mate Pavic 6-4, 7-6 (7-5), 3-6 at the Melbourne Park. In an earlier match, the duo of Sharan and Rajeev Ram from the USA suffered a 6-3, 7-6 (7-4), 6-4 defeat at the hands of Lukasz Kubot of Poland and Brazil's World No.1 Marcelo Melo.