India's doubles exponent Rohan Bopanna and his Canadian partner Daniel Nestor were on Sunday seeded seventh in the men's doubles event of the Australian Open, where they will begin their campaign against Marcos Baghdatis and Marinko Matosevic. Bopanna and Nestor are coming into the first Major of the year after title win at the Apia International in Sydney.
leander Paes and Raven Klaasen, who won the Heineken Open in Auckland on Saturday, are seeded 10th and they are pitted against American combine of Scott lipsky and Rajeev Ram in their first round contest.
Yuki Bhambri is India's lone campaigner in the men's singles and the 22-year-old is up against world number six Andy Murray. In the women's doubles, Sania Mirza and her Chinese Taipei partner Su-Wei Hsieh are seeded second and they open their campaign against Argentina's Maria Irigoyen and Swiss girl Romina Oprandi. Sania may meet her last season's partner Cara Black in the second round, provided both of them clear the first round.
Sania equals career-best fifth rank
Sania Mirza took a step forward in her quest to become world number one as the Indian equalled her career-best doubles rank of five. Sania earned 470 points, which pushed the Indian to fifth, replacing her doubles partner Su-Wei Hsieh. Sania had achieved the top-5 rank last year too in July.