A day after crashing out of men's singles event, Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic suffered another defeat as he and his men's doubles partner Nenad Zimonjic were knocked out of the event at the Rio Olympics on Tuesday.
The Serbian pair suffered a 6-4, 6-4 defeat at the hands of Brazilian duo of Marcelo Melo and Bruno Soares in the round two, Sport24 reported.
Djokovic, the world number one, was in tears after he lost his opening round singles round to Argentina's Juan Martin del Potro on Sunday.
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