Melbourne: After winning the opening round, India's N Sriram Balaji and his Romanian partner Victor Vlad Cornea lost to El Salvador's Marcelo Arevalo and Croatia's Mate Pavic in two consecutive sets in the second round of men's doubles in the Australian Open here on Friday. The Indo-Romanian combo went down 3-6 3-6 to their 10th-seeded opponents at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne. With this defeat, the Balaji-Cornea pair have been knocked out of the first major of the year.
Earlier, Balaji and Cornea, who came into the tournament as an alternate pair showcased their chemistry and skill on the court, defeating the Italian pair by 6-3, 6-4 in the first round.