India's Rohan Bopanna and his Australian partner Matthew Ebden entered the second round of the US Open men's doubles competition with a straight set victory over Sander Arends-Robin Haase from the Netherlands.
Bopanna and Ebden beat their Dutch opponents 6-3, 7-5 in a 64-minute opening round match Thursday night.
The Indo-Australian duo made it to the final Grand Slam of the season after a run of three defeats as runners-up in the previous edition. Despite these challenges, they did perform and won.
Early on, Bopanna and Ebden had a tough time as their service was broken early in the third game. However, they got into stride breaking their opponents' serve twice and took up the next four games.
In the second set, they faced similar adversity but managed to equal the score at 5-5. They then broke their opponents' serve again to seal the match.
The second seeds, who are also the reigning Australian Open champions, will face the unseeded pair made up of Spain's Roberto Carballes Baena and Federico Coria from Argentina in the second round on Friday.
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