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Another Indian Anirudh Chandrasekar: Indian ace Rohan Bopanna and his Chinese partner Shuai Zhang advanced to the second round of the Australian Open mixed doubles with a straight sets 6-4, 6-4 victory over Ivan Dodig and Kristina Mladenovic on Friday.

Bopanna and Zhang, closed the match in one hour and 12 minutes, will next face the winners of the match between the fourth-seeded pair of American Taylor Townsend and Hugo Nys of Monegasque and wild card Australian duo of Maddison Inglis and Jason Kuber.

The Indo-Chinese duo began the match with a strong performance, securing a 3-0 lead in the opening set. Despite a break of Zhang’s serve by the Croatian Dodig and Frenchwoman Mladenovic, which brought the score to 3-2, Bopanna maintained composure under pressure, ultimately serving out the set with a 6-4 win.