French Open: Sania Mirza suffers first-round defeat; Rohan Bopanna cruises

Rohan Bopanna, Sania Mirza

Rohan Bopanna

Rohan Bopanna crossed the first-round hurdle in men's doubles but Sania Mirza bowed out in the opening round of the women's doubles event in the French Open here yesterday.

Fourth seeded pair of Sania and Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan were stunned by unseeded Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia and Australia's Daria Gavrilova.

India's Sania Mirza returns during the French Open women's doubles first round match at Roland Garros yesterday. Pic/Getty Images

Sania and Shvedova went down 6-7 (5-7), 6-1, 2-6 to Pavlyuchenkova and Gavrilova in a gruelling battle.

Meanwhile, Bopanna along with his Uruguayan partner Pablo Cuevas hardly had to break a sweat as they outplayed the French duo of Mathias Bourgue and Paul-Henri Mathieu. The ninth seeded Indo-Uruguayan pair posted a comfortable 6-1, 6-1 victory over French pair.