Akgul amanmuradova

Davis Cup World Group II:  A few days after helping India to victory in the Davis Cup World Group II playoff against Morocco in Lucknow, India's Rohan Bopanna and Yuki Bhambri crashed out of the Asian Games men's doubles competition, losing out in the second round to an Uzbekistan pair.

Playing at the Centre Court in the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Tennis Centre, Bopanna and Bhambri, who had a bye in the first round, went down 6-2, 3-6 (6-10) to Uzbekistan's Sergey Fomin and Khumoyun Sultanov.

With Bopanna, who won gold in men's doubles in Jakarta in the 2018 Asian Games with Divij Sharan, in great form having reached the finals of the US Open men's doubles earlier this month, the top Indian pair was expected to cruise through the opening round but they found the going tough from the second set onwards.