In the Australian Open Tennis tournament, India will play its opening round matches in the Men's Doubles category in Melbourne today. The fourth seeded Indian duo of Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna will clash with the Australian pair of Matthew Ebden and Chris Guccione, while the Indo-Czech combine of Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek will also face an Australian team, comprising Greg Jones and John-Patrick Smith. Earlier, India received a severe blow in the tournament, as Sania Mirza the lone Indian in the Singles section, crashed out in the opening round of the Women's Singles event. Top seeds like Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Caroline Wozniacki and Na Li are also slated to play their respective singles second round matches today. This is the 100th edition of the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam event of this year.
News On AIR | January 18, 2012 9:09 AM