Australian Open: Bopanna-Cuevas advance into men's doubles round 2

Indian ace tennis player Rohan Bopanna and Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay entered the men's doubles second round of the Australian Open here on Wednesday

Rohan Bopanna

Melbourne: Indian ace tennis player Rohan Bopanna and Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay entered the men's doubles second round of the Australian Open here on Wednesday.

The Indian-Uruguay pair defeated Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil and Maximo Gonzalez of Argentina 6-4, 7-6 (4) in the opening round.

They will now take on Australian pair Alex Bolt and Bradley Mousley, who defeated Robin Haase and Florian Mayer 6-3, 5-7,6-4.

Later in the day, Sania Mirza will start her women's doubles campaign with Czech her partner Barbora Strycova. They face UK's Jocelyn Rae and Anna Smith in the opening round.

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