The men’s doubles tournament is in full swing. Friday, in the first round, the Toulouse Sadio Doumbia et Fabien Reboul (photo) created a nice surprise in front of Simon Bolelli et Fabio Fognini, seeded n°9. The Italian pair made their name on the charts in 2015 and reached the quarterfinals last year. But the French were stronger (6-3, 6-3). Scheduled this Saturday in the first rotation, they were powerless (6-4, 6-4) against the South Africans Lloyd Harris et Raven Clausen.
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The curiosity of this first round was the derby Jeremy Chardy/Fabrice Martin in front of Albano Olivetti et Maxime Cressy. As the Palois was in the singles competition, this poster took place on Friday. On court 15, at the end of the stadium, the former Roland-Garros finalists built their victory in the tie-break (7-6, 6-4). The two friends will play again on Sunday. The day after his feat against Pablo Carreno-Busta, Benjamin Bonzi teamed up with Arthur Rinderknech. A well-negotiated “double-slagging” (6-2, 7-6) against the Australians John Millman et Aleksandar Vukic (wc).
Find here the table of the Australian Open men’s doubles
Finished for Mahut and Roger-Vasselin
Seeded n°15 with the Mexican Santiago Gonzalez, Edouard Roger-Vasselin opened with success against the Russian Aslan Karatsev and in Serbian Dusan Lajovic. But the duo fell this Saturday against the Croatian Nikola Cacic and Pakistani Aisam Ul-Haq Qureshi in two tie-breaks. Associated to Tim Puetz, Nicolas Mahut had to face Jamie Murray et Michael Venus, seeded No. 11. But the package of the defending champions Nick Kyrgios/Thanasi Kokkinakis messed up the board. The Angevin and the German were promoted to seed No. 17. A promotion without continuation: they were eliminated 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 by the Colombian Nicholas Barrientos and the Uruguayan Ariel Behar.
