Australian Open: Indian challenge fades as Divij Sharan, Ankita Raina take exit door
Divij Sharan with his partner Igor Zelenay of Slovakia lost in straight sets 1-6, 4-6 to the German duo of Kevin Krawietz and Yannick Hanfmann.
Divij Sharan with his partner Igor Zelenay of Slovakia lost in straight sets 1-6, 4-6 to the German duo of Kevin Krawietz and Yannick Hanfmann.
Rohan Bopanna and his Danish Partner Frederick Nielsen went down to Marcelo Arevalo of Uruguay and Tomislav Brkic of Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Ankita Raina had won a women's singles bronze medal at the 2018 edition of the Asian Games, while Divij Sharan won a gold medal in the men's doubles event.
Sharan and Sitak lost 7-6 (6-2), 6-3 to Brazil's Bruno Soares and Mate Pavic of Croatia in a match that lasted one hour and 17 minutes.
The duo of Sharan and Sitek won their first-round Australian Open match in straight sets of 6-4, 7-5 against Pablo Carreno Busta and Joao Sousa.
This was the first time that the tennis star dropped out of top-100 bracket in 19 years.
Bopanna and Sharan defeated Aleksander Bublik and Denis Yevseyev of Kazakhstan 6-3 6-4 in 52 minutes.
Unlike other sports, tennis players cannot do without pocket-less shorts as they have to keep spare balls in them.
The Indian pair of Yuki Bhambri and Divij Sharan advanced to the men’s doubles second round of the French Open…
Playing with their respective partners, Sharan and Bopanna lost their matches on Monday.
