Somdev-Prakash pair advance, Bopanna-Qureshi lose
Somdev Devvarman and Prakash Amritraj fought their way into the second round of the men`s doubles event of the Australian Open but Rohan Bopanna`s challenge came to an end with a first round defeat here today.
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Melbourne: Somdev Devvarman and Prakash
Amritraj fought their way into the second round of the men`s
doubles event of the Australian Open but Rohan Bopanna`s
challenge came to an end with a first round defeat here today.
Wild card entrants Somdev and Prakash had to dig deep to
beat Americans James Cerretani and Travis Rettenmaier 5-7, 6-4,
7-5 in their opening round at Melbourne Park.
In contrast, Bopanna and his Pakistani partner
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi squandered one set lead to lose 6-4, 1-6,
6-7(6) to South African Rik De Voest and Scott Lipsky of the
United States.
Somdev and Prakash will next take on the winners of the
first round match between 11th seeds Simon Aspelin and Paul
Hanley and Marcos Daniel and Daniel Koellerer.
Bhupathi, who was runner up here last year with Mark
Knowles, and Belarussian Max Mirnyi are seeded fourth and will
open their campaign against Michael Kohlmann of Germany and
Jarkko Nieminen Finland.
Leander Paes and his Czech partner Lukas Dlouhy are
seeded third and will take on the Czech pair of Leos Friedl
and David Skoch in the first round.
PTI
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