The all-Indian pair of Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna takes on alternates – Japan’s Makoto Ninomiya and Uruguay’s Ariel Behar – within the second spherical of 2023 Australian Open combined doubles on Monday.
Sania is enjoying her closing Grand Slam as she is ready to retire after subsequent month’s Dubai Masters.
Sania, 36, and Bopanna, 42, received the opening spherical fixture 7-5, 6-3 in an hour and 14 minutes towards native wildcards Jaimee Fourlis and Luke Saville.
Sania received the combined doubles crown in Melbourne with compatriot Mahesh Bhupathi in 2009. With Bopanna, she has beforehand performed combined doubles as soon as at French Open (2011) and twice at Wimbledon (2011, 2021) with the pair’s greatest end result collectively being a quarterfinal-finish on the All England Club in 2011. They did, nonetheless, end fourth on the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Manas Dhamne will play his second-round match in junior boys’ singles towards Zhou Yi, eleventh seed from China. Later within the day, Dhamne and his compatriot Aryan Shah will face the fifth-seeded Australian-Russian duo of Hayden Jones and Danil Panarin in opening spherical of doubles.
Here is the record of fixtures involving Indians on day eight of the 2023 Australian Open (estimated begin timings in IST):
Court 7
Mixed Doubles, Second Round: Sania Mirza/Rohan Bopanna vs [Alternates] Makoto Ninomiya (JPN)/Ariel Behar (URG) – 11:30AM IST
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Court 12
Junior Boys’ Singles, Second Round: Manas Dhamne vs [11] Zhou Yi (CHN) – 7AM IST
Junior Boys’ Doubles, First Round: Manas Dhamne/Aryan Shah vs [5] Hayden Jones (AUS)/Danil Panarin (RUS) – 11:30AM IST
Where to look at 2023 Australian Open in India?
In India, viewers will be capable to watch the stay telecast of the Australian Open on the Sony Sports Network and stream the matches stay on the SonyLiv app and JioTV.