In Tennis, star Indian player Rohan Bopanna along with his partner Zhang Shuai of China has advanced to the second round of the prestigious Australian Open tournament in the Mixed Doubles event this morning. The Indian-Chinese duo defeated Ivan Dodig of Croatia and Kristina Mladenovic of France in the First Round, 6-4, 6-4, in straight sets.

India’s other hope in the tournament is from N Sriram Balaji, who will team up with Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela of Mexico in the Men’s Doubles Second Round tomorrow. They will lock horns with the Portuguese pair of Nuno Borges and Francisco Cabral. The duo defeated Aleksandr Nedovyesov of Kazakhstan and Robin Haase of Netherlands, 6-4, 6-3, in the first round yesterday.