Australian Open 2020: Divij Sharan-Artem Sitak Pair Beat Busta-Sousa Duo To Sail Into Round 2

The Indian-Australian duo got past their rivals P Carreno Busta and J Sousa in straight sets, winning the encounter with the scoreline reading 6-4,7-5.

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 22: Divij Sharan of India and Artem Sitak of New Zealand play in their Men's Doubles first round match against Pablo Carreno Busta of Spain and Joao Sousa of Portugal on day three of the 2020 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on January 22, 2020 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Mike Owen/Getty Images)

New Delhi: India's Divij Sharan and his doubles partner Artem  Sitak started off their Australian Open campaign in emphatic fashion registering a clinical win in their opening round at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbounre. The Indian-Kiwi duo got past their rivals P Carreno Busta and J Sousa in straight sets, winning the encounter with the scoreline reading 6-4,7-5. Divij Sharan and Artem Sitak will face the winner of the 1st-round match between 10th seeds Mate Pavio-Bruno Soares and Ben Molachlan and Luke Bambridge. Sharan and Sitak came into the Australian open at the back of a quarterfinal appearance in the ATP 250 Auckland Open. Meanwhile, Rohan Bopanna and his Japanese partner Yasutaka Uchiyama will be taking on 13th seeded American brothers Bob and Mike Bryan.In the women's doubles, Sania Mirza and Nadiia Kichenok of Ukraine will take on Chinese combination of Xinyun Han and Lin Zhu in the opening round. It was curtains to India's challenge in men's singles as top-ranked tennis player Prajnesh Gunneswaran lost his opening round match to Japanese wild card Tatsuma Ito 6-4 6-2 7-5 . The highest ranked Indian missed out on a chance to play against world no.2 Novak Djokovic.