In Australian Open Tennis, India's Leander Paes and his Czech partner Radek Stepanek will play their Men's Doubles opening round match today. The second seeded Indo-Czech pair will take on the South African-Israeli combination of Kevin Andersen and Jonathan Erlich.Yesterday, the fifth seeded Indo-Canadian pair of Mahesh Bhupathi and Daniel Nestor and the Indo-American duo of Rohan Bopanna and Rajeev Ram advanced into the second round of the Men's Doubles category.However, India's Somdev Devvarman crashed out of the Men's Singles, while the Indo-American duo of Sania Mirza and Bethanie Mattek-Sands bowed out in the Women's Doubles category.Meanwhile, Serbia's World Number One Novak Djokovic, Spaniard David Ferrer, Russia's Maria Sharapova and Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland yesterday advanced into the third round of their respective categories.Today, Swiss Roger Federer, Briton Andy Murray, World Number One Victoria Azarenka of Belarus and Serena Williams of the United States will play their Singles second round matches.
News On AIR | January 17, 2013 9:57 AM
Tennis : Paes, Stepanek to begin Doubles campaign at Aus Open