Los Angeles: Divij Sharan and Nikola Cacic tried hard before going down in three sets to eight seeds Nikola Mektic and Wesley Koolhof in the first round of the US Open men’s doubles event at Flushing Meadows on Wednesday (September 2)
SHARAN/CACIC GO DOWN TO 8TH SEEDS KOOLHOF/MEKTIC AFTER A TOUGH THREE SETTER@divijsharan and 🇷🇸Cacic lost to 🇳🇱Koolhof/🇭🇷Mektic 4-6 6-3 3-6#USOpen pic.twitter.com/pOYtdrijMk
— Indian Tennis Daily (@IndTennisDaily) September 2, 2020
The Indo-Serbian pair lost 4-6, 6-3, 3-6 against Croatia’s Mektic and Dutch Koolhof in a breathtaking contest that lasted one hour and forty minutes. Mektic and Koohof will now face Italy’s Simone Bolelli and Argentine Maximo Gonzalez.
India’s hopes now depend largely on Rohan Bopanna and Sumit Nagal who play their respective singles matches on Friday (September 4). While experienced Bopanna will face Canadian Denis Shapovalov, the high-flying Nagal faces World No.3 Dominic Thiem.
