Hindustan Times (Delhi)

Bopanna, Sharan crash out in men’s doubles

- Press Trust of India sportsdesk@hindustant­imes.com

RESULTS I was just thinking I’m two love up in sets so if I lose (the third) I still have two more sets. I can play two more hours. I’m younger than Novak!

CHUNG HYEON, Korean tennis player

Tennys Sandgren (USA)

Dominic Thiem (AUTX5) 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-7 (7), 6-3.

Hyeon Chung (KOR) Novak Djokovic (SRBX14) 7-6 (4), 7-5,

7-6 (3).

Tomas Berdych (CZEX19) Fabio Fognini (ITAX25) 6-1, 6-4, 6-4. Roger Federer (SUIX2) Marton Fucsovics (HUN) 6-4, 7-6 (3), 6-2. Naomi MELBOURNE: India’s Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan lost their respective men’s doubles third round matches in the Australian Open here.

Combining with Edouard Roger-vasselin of France, Bopanna lost to Oliver Marach of Austria and Croatia’s Mate Pavic 6-4, 6-7 (5), 3-6 at the Melbourne Park.

The match lasted a little over two hours and saw the IndoFrench duo convert one out of two break points, while their opponents converted three out of 12 break points.

Bopanna and Roger-vasselin had two aces compared to their opponents’ seven.

In an earlier match, the duo of Sharan and Rajeev Ram from the USA suffered a 6-3 6-7 (4) 4-6 defeat at the hands of Lukasz Kubot of Poland and Brazil’s world number one Marcelo Melo.

While Sharan and Ram converted two out of six break points, Lukasz and his partner converted two out of four break points.

The third round match lasted two hours and 12 minutes.

 ?? GETTY IMAGES ?? Current Rank highest ranked South Korean tennis player Hyeon Chung became the first Korean to reach a Grand Slam quarterfin­al.
GETTY IMAGES Current Rank highest ranked South Korean tennis player Hyeon Chung became the first Korean to reach a Grand Slam quarterfin­al.
 ?? GETTY IMAGES ?? Novak Djokovic, back after a sixmonth injury layoff, was struggling throughout the match.
GETTY IMAGES Novak Djokovic, back after a sixmonth injury layoff, was struggling throughout the match.

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