Indian and French duo of Rohan Bopanna and Edouard Roger-Vasselin were knocked out of the first round of the Australian Open men\u2019s double event by the wild card pair of Treat Huey and Christopher Rungkat on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Bopanna and Roger-Vasselin began the match confidently but lost the tie midway after the momentum shifted towards the wild card pair and lost the match (6-3,6-7(2),2-6) in the first round which ended in 1 hour and 48 minutes.<\/p>\n
Phillippines Huey had exceptional service and netplay which played a crucial role to decide the outcome of the tie and Indonesia\u2019s Rungkat who was not able to find his rhythm and proved to be a weak link in the pair also stepped up his game as his shots from the baseline improved significantly as the match progressed.<\/p>\n
The Indo-French duo got the first break opportunity in the fourth game when Bopaana hit a smashing forehand winner past Treat at 15-30 on the serve of Christopher, who could not win the next point.<\/p>\n
The second set of the match was decided by a tie-breaker as both the pairs hold on to their serves throughout. In the 11th game, the Indo-French duo had earned two break opportunities but was not able to convert them. The wild card pair won six points on a bounce in the tie-breaker to level the match.<\/p>\n
In the third set, the momentum shift happened drastically as the wild Huey and Rungkat were controlling the match after breaking the serve of their opponents and winning the set by( 6-2) and booking their place in the next round of the Grand Slam.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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