India’s Yuki Bhambri and his Dutch accomplice Robin Haase squandered three match factors within the deciding set to go down in opposition to Nicolas Barrientos of Colombia and Rafael Matos of Brazil within the Australian Open males’s doubles first spherical in Melbourne on Tuesday. The unseeded Indo-Dutch pair misplaced 6-1 6-7 (8-10) 6-7 (7-10) within the opening spherical match that lasted two hours and 26 minutes. After Bhambri and Haase received the primary set, their opponents made a comeback into the match by taking the second set in tie-break.

Bhambri and Haase then had three match factors after they have been 5-4 up within the deciding set however they wasted all of them. The deciding set additionally went to the tie break which Barrientos and Matos received.

The 31-year-old Bhambri from New Delhi had made it to the Australian Open third spherical in 2014 when he partnered Michael Venus of New Zealand and that was his greatest efficiency in a Grand Slam doubles occasion.

Final yr, Bhambri had received his maiden ATP title on the Mallorca Championships doubles competitors, partnering South African Lloyd Harris.

Bhambri and Haase had misplaced within the semifinals of the Brisbane Worldwide ATP Tour match earlier this month.

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