India's Rohan Bopanna and his partner Gabriela Dabrowski fought hard before crashing out in the mixed doubles quarterfinals at the US Open, here on Monday.
Bopanna and Dabrowski squandered a set advantage against Canadian Robert Farah and Anna-lena Groenefeld of Germany before bowing out 6-1 2-6 8-10 in the super tie-breaker in a gruelling contest that last 58 minutes at Flushing Meadows.
Sania Mirza is the lone surving Indian in the tournamet. Sania and and Barbora Strycova of Czech Republic, seeded seventh, will meet unseeded American-Japanese pair of Nicole Gibbs and Nao Hibino in the the third round of the women's doubles event.
Defending champion leander Paes and his Swiss partner Martina Hingis had also crashed out in the second round of the mixed doubles event after losing to American seventh seeds Coco Vandeweghe and Rajeev Ram.
Monroe overcomes fall to win
Nick Monroe went tumbling over the wall and suddenly realized it was a long way down, the world moving in slow motion as he fell head first toward the concrete floor.
The American doubles player was crumpled on the ground for more than five minutes during Sunday's U.S. Open match, too dizzy to stand up.
He was eventually able to walk back on court under his own power, and after passing a concussion test, he returned to finish out the last three games.
In the third set of his match with Donald Young on the new Grandstand, Monroe chased after a volley hit at a sharp angle and slid into a knee-high barrier along the side of the court. He flipped over the wall, and on the other side, the base of the stands is lower than the court.
"Just saw the ball and ran for it," he said, "and didn't realize the wall was there."