Rohan Bopanna and Daniel Nestor were tested before making it to the second round even as Mahesh Bhupathi and his partner Jurgen Melzer crashed out of men's doubles event of the Australian Open, here on Thursday.Bopanna and Canada's Nestor, seeded seventh, fought off a spirited challenge from Marcos Baghdatis and Marinko Matosevic 7-6 (2), 7-5 in their opening round in one hour and 46 minutes.
There was not much to differentiate between the two teams as they hit an equal number of aces (10) and committed same number of double faults (5). Bopanna and Nestor won 87 points, only eight more than their rivals. They will next take onFeliciano lopez and Max Mirnyi, who got the better of Australia's James Duckworth and luke Saville 7-6 (1), 6-7(5), 6-2 in their first round matchScnd Horacio Zeballos in only 67 minutes. PTI