Mahesh Bhupathi and Sania Mirza will not defend their mixed doubles title at the Australian Open due to a calf injury to the former.
Bhupathi suffered the injury on Monday while practicing and aggravated it during Thursday’s men's doubles first round match which he lost along with his Belarusian partner Max Mirnyi.
According to Bhupathi, the doctor has advised him at least 10-day rest resulting in them pulling out of the first Grand Slam of the season.
With this pull out, Bhupathi's campaign is over at the Australian Open.
Sania Mirza is already out of singles but her challenge is still alive in the women's doubles event.
Paes and Dluohy enter the second round of the Australian Open
Indian Tennis ace Leander Peas and his partner Czech partner Lukas Dluohy entered the second round after defeating the Czech pair of Loes Friendl and David Skoch easily 6-3, 6-1, in their opening round.
However, Indian tennis fans had to face a rude shock when 4th seeds Mahesh Bhupathi and his Belarussian partner Max Mirnyi were defeated in straight sets 6-4, 6-4 by unseeded pair of Finland's Jarko Niemienen and German Michael Kohlmann.
Somdev-Prakash pair advance, Bopanna-Qureshi bite dust
Somdev Devvarman and Prakash Amritraj fought their way into the second round of the men's doubles event of the Australian Open but Rohan Bopanna's challenge came to an end with a first round defeat in Melbourne.
Wild card entrants Somdev and Prakash had to dig deep to beat Americans James Cerretani and Travis Rettenmaier 5-7 6-4 7-5 in their opening round at Melbourne Park.
In contrast, Bopanna and his Pakistani partner Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi squandered one set lead to lose 6-4 1-6 6-7(6) to South African Rik De Voest and Scott Lipsky of the United States.
Somdev and Prakash will next take on the winners of the first round match between 11th seeds Simon Aspelin and Paul Hanley and Marcos Daniel and Daniel Koellerer.