Aisamul Haq Qureshi and his partner Alla Kudryavtseva crashed out from the Australian Open’s mixed doubles event first round in Sydney..PHOTO: AFP
Aisam played his mixed doubles event with Cara Black last.
However, with new partner, they lost their first match in the tournament to local pair Daria Gavrilova and Luke Saville 7-6 (8-6), 7-5 after a close match.
Aisam and Kudryavtseva battled with the Australian duo in the first set that went on for 45 minute, pushing to a tie-break to decide the set.
Gavrilova and Saville broke Aisam and Kudryavtseva’s serve twice to seal the win in the second set. They will face second seeds Katarina Srebotnik and Marcelo Melo in their next match. Aisam will continue in the third round at Australian Open with Nenad Zimonjic in the doubles event.
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