Balaji-Varela pair ousted in Round Two

N Sriram Balaji. Pic/AFP

India's N Sriram Balaji and his Mexican partner Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela bowed out of the Australian Open men's doubles after a second-round loss to the Portuguese pair of Nuno Borges and Francisco Cabral here on Saturday.

The closely-contested match ended with a scoreline of 6-7 (7), 6-4, 3-6 after two hours and nine minutes of intense play. India will now have Rohan Bopanna in the fray in the mixed doubles.

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