Leander Paes, Fernando Verdasco Crash Out of US Open

In the men’s doubles category, sixth seeded Rohan Bopanna and Florin Mergea prevailed over Polish-Mexican pair of Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Santiago Gonzalez 6-3, 7-6 (4) to enter the third round on Saturday.

The Indian contingent endured a disappointing day in the US Open as both Leander Paes and Sania Mirza lost their respective doubles matches at Flushing Meadows.

The Top seeded doubles pair of Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis clinically demolished the challenge of an American pair of Kaitlyn Christan and Sabrina Santamaria in the women’s double first round match at US Open here today.

The skilled Indo-Swiss pair on Friday barely broke right into a sweat, whereas profitable the competition to arrange a second spherical match-up with unseeded Canadian-Australian pair of Eugenie Bouchard and Nick…

Rohan Bopanna also joined them after winning 3-6, 6-3, 10-8 with his Chinese Taipei’s Yung-Jan Chan against Alla Kudryavtseva of Russian Federation and Alexander Peya of Austria.

The Indo-Swiss pair beat their opponents in straight sets, 6-1, 6-1, to book a last 16 match against Michaella Krajicek and Barbora Strycova on Sunday, 6 September.

The fifth seeded, Stan Wawrinka beat his opponent R Bemelmans in straight-sets 6-3, 7(7)-6(5), 6-4 and will play Donald Young in the round of 16.

Sania and her mixed doubles partner Bruno Soares failed to cross the first hurdle yesterday.