Mahesh Bhupathi went down in his first round men’s doubles encounter at the US Open , where he partnered Germany’s Philipp Petzschner to the Canadian pairing of Daniel Nestor and Vasek Pospisil, losing 3-6, 6-7.
However, Leander Paes got through his match comfortably partnering Radek Stepanek, as they defeated the Finnish-Russian pairing of Jarkko Nieminen and Dmitry Tursunov, winning 6-4, 7-6.
Sania Mirza and her Chinese partner Jie Zheng, too, did not have much work to do in their victory over Annicka Beck and Puerto Rican Monica Puig, winning 6-2, 6-2.
India’s Divij Sharan also won his doubles match partnering Chinese Taipei’s Lu Yen-Hsun. (ANI)