Divij Sharan reach third round of Australian Open

Divij Sharan equalled his best Grand Slam performance by reaching the men's doubles third round at the Australian Open in Melbourne yesterday. Sharan and his American partner Ram faced stiff resistance from Fabio Fognini and Marcel Granollers before winning 4-6, 7-6, 6-2 in the second round which lasted for two hours and eight



minutes.

The 10th seeded Indo-French team of Rohan Bopanna and Edouard Roger-Vasselin also progressed to the next round who knocked out Portugal's Joao Sousa and Leonardo Mayer of Argentina 6-2, 7-6. They are now up against seventh seeds Mate Pavic of Croatia and Austria's Oliver Marach.