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Stay tuned for all the latest updates from the 2018 Australian Open. We'll be back later in the day for the live coverage of Roger Federer's second round match.
It was definitely a good start to the 2018 Australian Open campaign for the 16th seeds. Surely this will boost their confidence. And with this win, all Indians are through to R2 of men's doubles. Earlier, Rohan Bopanna, and the pair of Leander Paes and Purav Raja also won.
Welcome to the Sportskeeda liveblog of the 2018 Australian Open men's doubles. The Indian campaign starts today. We shall follow the first round match of Divij Sharan and Rajeev Ram in this blog. They are seeded 16th and face Viktor Troicki and Marius Copil for a place in the second round.
The left-handed Sharan is currently ranked 48th, which is just one spot shy of his career-best ranking of 47th. He had a great end to the season last year when he won the ATP 250 event in Antwerp and the Bengaluru Challenger.
Divij began the 2018 season in fine fashion after triumphing at the Canberra Challenger just last week. He will look to carry that form into the season's opening Major.