India’s N Sriram Balaji and his Mexican associate Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela superior to the second spherical of the Australian Open with a commanding victory in straight units over Robin Haase and Aleksandr Nedovyesov on Thursday.
The Indo-Mexican duo defeated the Dutch-Kazakh pair 6-4, 6-3 in simply over an hour of their opening males’s doubles conflict.
Balaji and Reyes-Varela hit 23 winners in comparison with their opponents’ 16, showcasing superior consistency and firepower.
After securing a break within the sixth recreation of the primary set, Balaji and Reyes-Varela have been instantly damaged again. Nevertheless, a decisive backhand winner within the tenth recreation allowed them to clinch the set.
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Within the second set, Haase and Nedovyesov dedicated a expensive unforced error, gifting Balaji and Reyes-Varela a vital break within the eight recreation. The Indo-Mexican pair capitalised on the chance, sealing the set and the match comfortably.
In the meantime, Rithvik Bollipalli grew to become the third Indian to exit the boys’s doubles occasion, following Rohan Bopanna and Yuki Bhambri.
Bollipalli and his American associate Ryan Seggerman misplaced 6-7, 1-6 to the sixth-seeded pair of Finland’s Harri Heliovaara and the UK’s Henry Patten.