January 19, 2017 7:59 AM

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Leander Paes, Brazilian partner up against 10th seeds in Australian Open today

In Australian open, Leander Paes and his Brazilian partner Andre Sa are up against 10th seeds Treat Huey and Max Mirnyi in the first round of men's doubles. Another Indian pair of Purav Raja and Divij Sharan are playing their first round match against French team of Jonathan Eysseric and Fabrice Martin. Both matches are currently on.Yesterday, Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna made winning starts to their respective campaigns with their doubles partners in Melbourne.Sania Mirza and Czech Republic's Barbora Strycova recorded a resounding 6-3 6-1 win over the British pair of Jocelyn Rae and Anna Smith in the women's doubles event.Bopanna and his Pablo Cuevas from Uruguay, seeded 15th, pipped Thomaz Bellucci from Brazil and Maximo Gonzalez from Argentina 6-4 7-6(4) in the men's doubles first round. Their next opponents are Australia's Alex Bolt and Bradley Mousley.

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