Rio Olympics: Paes, Bopanna crash out in first round

06 August, Rio de Janeiro

The Indian duo of Leander Paes and Rohan Bopanna crashed out of the tennis’ men’s doubles event after suffering a first round defeat in the ongoing Rio Olympics here today.

In the one hour and 40 minute long match, Paes and Bopanna lost 4-6, 6-7 in straight sets to the Polish pair of Lukasz Kubot and Marcin Matkowski.

The Indian pair were broken four times in the match, three of which came in the first set.

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