New York: Leander Paes and Purav Raja sailed into the men’s doubles second round in the pair’s first outing at a Grand Slam but Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna crashed out of their respective events in the US Open here Friday.
Veteran Paes and Raja thrashed Serbia’s Janko Tipsarevic and Viktor Troicki 6-1, 6-3 at the Flushing Meadows.
The 10th seeded combine of Bopanna and Uruguay’s Pablo Cuevas, meanwhile, squandered a one-set advantage to go down to the former Australian Open winners Fabio Fognini and Simone Bolelli, 7-5, 4-6, 4-6 in 107 minutes in a men’s doubles second round match.
Sania and her mixed doubles partner Ivan Dodig of Croatia lost to the Latvian-French pair of Jelena Ostapenko and Fabrice Martin 7-5, 3-6, 6-10.
Divij Sharan who was paired up with No. 66 Andre Begemann lost 4-6, 4-6 to Spaniards Feliciano Lopez and Marc Lopez.
Paes and Raja’s build-up to the tournament was far from ideal as they succumbed to an opening round defeat at the Winston-Salem Open.
However, the Indian duo bounced back in style here, converting 40 percent of their break points while conceding none.
Results:
Paes & Raja bt Tipsarevic & Troicki 6-1, 6-3
Bopanna and Cuevas lost to Fognini & Bolelli, 7-5, 4-6, 4-6
Mirza & Dodig lost to Ostapenko & Martin 7-5, 3-6, 6-10
Sharan & Begemann lost to Marc & Feliciano 4-6, 4-6
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