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.