Australian Open 2018, Round 2: Divij Sharan and Rajeev Ram vs Marcel Granollers and Fabio Fognini, Live Match Updates

Divij Sharan/Rajeev Ram win 4-6 7-6 (7-4) 6-2 against Marcel Granollers/FabioFognini in Round 2

Updated: 19 January 2018 10:06 IST - Published: January, 19 2018 09:45 AM IST

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The Indo-US pairing of Divij Sharan and Rajeev Ram win in the Round of 32 as they come back from being a set down to win in three sets against Marcel Granollers of Spain and Fabio Fognini of Italy. The pair advance to the Round of 16 and will take on the winner of the match Lukasz Kubot/Marcelo Melo and Max Purcell/Luke Saville.

Rajeev Ram serves well to close out the final set and the Indo-US pair win after being a set down to advance to the third round.

Sharan-Ram 4-6 7-6 (7-4) 6-2 Granollers-Fognini

Granollers holds his serve and the pair stays in the match with the score at 5-2 in the third set. Rajeev Ram to serve next for the set and match.

Sharan-Ram 4-6 7-6 (7-4) 5-2 Granollers-Fognini

Sharan wraps up his service game without dropping a point as the Indo-US pair take a 5-1 lead in the third set.

Sharan-Ram 4-6 7-6 (7-4) 5-1 Granollers-Fognini

Fognini's serve is broken as Sharan-Ram aim to close out the decider set quickly.

Sharan-Ram 4-6 7-6 (7-4) 4-1 Granollers-Fognini

Ram holds his serve as the pair maintain their control in the match.

Sharan-Ram 4-6 7-6 (7-4) 3-1 Granollers-Fognini

Granollers' serve is broken in the deciding set as Sharan-Ram return well in the game.

Sharan-Ram 4-6 7-6 (7-4) 2-1 Granollers-Fognini

Ram holds his serve with ease to level the scores in the third set.

Sharan-Ram 4-6 7-6 (7-4) 1-1 Granollers-Fognini

A close contest in the first game of the first set as Fognini holds on after 7 Deuces. It lasted more than seven minutes.

Sharan-Ram 4-6 7-6 (7-4) 0-1 Granollers-Fognini

Sharan-Ram win the tie-break 7-4 to win the second set and take the match to the third and final set.

Sharan-Ram 4-6 7-6 (7-4) Granollers-Fognini

Mid-way through the tie-break as the score is tied at 3-3

Sharan-Ram 4-6 6-6 (3-3) Granollers-Fognini

Sharan-Ram break the serve of Fognini and force a tie-break in the second set.

Sharan-Ram 4-6 6-6 Granollers-Fognini

A crucial break from Fognini and Granollers as they serve next for the set and match.

Sharan-Ram 4-6 5-6 Granollers-Fognini

Good net play from Fognini as Granollers wraps up his service game to tie it up again in the second set.

Sharan-Ram 4-6 5-5 Granollers-Fognini

Rajeev Ram wins the service game with ease as Granollers will serve next to stay in the set.

Sharan-Ram 4-6 5-4 Granollers-Fognini

Fognini holds his serve to keep the scores level in the second set. Good back and forth in the game but he holds on.

Sharan-Ram 4-6 4-4 Granollers-Fognini

Sharan holds on his serve again as the pair takes the lead again in the second set.

Sharan-Ram 4-6 4-3 Granollers-Fognini

Granollers holds on the serve as they come back from 0-30 to win the game to draw level in the set.

Sharan-Ram 4-6 3-3 Granollers-Fognini

Rajeev Ram's serve is broken by the Spanish-Italian pairing as they close down the lead.

Sharan-Ram 4-6 3-2 Granollers-Fognini

Fognini's serve is broken for the first time in the match as the Indo-US pair take a two-game lead in the second set.

Sharan-Ram 4-6 3-1 Granollers-Fognini

Sharan holds on as the Indo-US pair get the lead back in the first set with an easy service game.

Sharan-Ram 4-6 1-2 Granollers-Fognini

Granollers holds on his serve to keep it all square in the second set

Sharan-Ram 4-6 1-1 Granollers-Fognini

The second set begins with Rajeev Ram holding his serve in the first game.

Sharan-Ram 4-6 1-0 Granollers-Fognini

Fognini holds on to wrap up the first set for the Spanish-Italian pair. They were down two set points but recovered well to win.

Sharan-Ram 4-6 Granollers-Fognini

Sharan serves out a critical game with a strong service game to close out the point

Sharan-Ram 4-5 Granollers-Fognini

Granollers with a strong service game as the Spaniard doesn't lose any point

Sharan-Ram 3-5 Granollers-Fognini

Rajeev Ram serves out his game as they win comfortably with strong serves from the American

Sharan-Ram 3-4 Granollers-Fognini

Fognini holds on in a comfortable game as the Indo-US pair makes a couple of unforced errors.

Sharan-Ram 2-4 Granollers-Fognini

Sharan wins his first service game of the match as they cut down the lead to just one.

Sharan-Ram 2-3 Granollers-Fognini

Marcel Granollers holds on in his first service game as they take a two-point lead in the first set.

Sharan-Ram 1-3 Granollers-Fognini

Rajeev Ram wins his service game with ease as the pair win their first in the first set.

Sharan-Ram 1-2 Granollers-Fognini

Fabio Fognini, the Italian serves and the game sees a lot of back and forth with it going to Deuce but he holds on.

Sharan-Ram 0-2 Granollers-Fognini

The Spaniard-Italian pair breaks in the first game of the set with good defensive play from the baseline.

Sharan-Ram 0-1 Granollers-Fognini

Divij Sharan serves first in the match as the action begins in the first set of the match.

The players have arrived on the court and warming up now after the toss has been conducted by the chair umpire.

The Round of 32 match sees Indian Divij Sharan and USA's Rajeev Ram take to the court against Spaniard Marcel Granollers and Italian Fabio Fognini for a place in the pre-quarters of the tournament.

Good Morning and Welcome to Sportskeeda's live coverage of the action from Men's Doubles at the Australian Open.

Welcome to the Sportskeeda live blog of the 2018 Australian Open men's doubles in the Australian Open action as India's Divij Sharan and United States' Rajeev Ram take on the Spanish-Italian pair of Marcel Granollers and Fabio Fognini.

The Men's Doubles clash will take place at the Court No. 8 at the Melbourne Park and will be a Round of 32 match. Divij Sharan and Rajeev Ram advanced to the Round of 32 after defeating the pair of Victor Troicki and Marius Copil 7-6 (7-5) 6-4 in straight sets.

Meanwhile, the likes of Fabio Fognini and Marcel Granollers beat the Aussie pairing of Alex Bolt and Bradley Mousley to move on to the Round f 32.

The clash promises to be an exciting as there are no clear favourites. However, the pairing of Sharan and Ram, who are seeded 16th, are set to be the favourites to make it through tothe Round of 16.

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