New York: It was a mixed day for India at the US Open as Leander Paes and his Argentine partner Guillermo Duran failed to progress after suffering a first-round loss in the men's doubles event, while Rohan Bopanna along with his Canadian partner Denis Shapovalov advanced to the second round.
US Open: Mixed day for India in men's doubles event
Bopanna and Shapovalov defeated formidable fourth seeded French pair of Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut 6-3, 6-1 in a match that lasted just 55 minutes.
Rohan Bopanna
Bopanna and Shapovalov defeated formidable fourth seeded French pair of Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut 6-3, 6-1 in a match that lasted just 55 minutes. They will now face the Italian pair of Andreas Seppi and Marco Cecchinato on Saturday.
In the other men's doubles match, Paes and Duran lost 5-7, 2-6 to Serbia's Miomir Kecmanovic and Norway's Casper Ruud to bow out of the competition.