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India's Yuki Bhambri and his American spouse Nicole Melichar-Martinez crashed retired of the mixed doubles contention successful the Australian Open aft losing to the German-Chinese duo of Tim Putz and Zhang Shuai connected Thursday (January 22, 2026).
Bhambri and Melichar-Martinez mislaid 6-3 1-6 (10-6) to the sixth seeded pairing of Putz and Shuai.
Still successful men’s doubles
Bhambri's run successful the year's archetypal Grand Slam is, however, not implicit yet arsenic helium remains successful fray successful the men's doubles event.
On Wednesday, Yuki and his Swedish spouse Andre Goransson stormed into the 2nd circular of the men's doubles competition, defeating section wildcards James Duckworth and Cruz Hewitt 6-3 6-4.
The 33-year-old Bhambri's champion show astatine the Australian Open came successful 2014, erstwhile helium reached the 3rd circular alongside New Zealand's Michael Venus. His champion showing astatine a Grand Slam came past year, erstwhile the brace made a tally to the semi-finals astatine the US Open.
India's Niki Poonacha and his Thai spouse Pruchya Isaro had, however, exited the men's doubles lawsuit aft suffering a consecutive sets decision to Pedro Martinez and Jaume Munar.
