Australian Open: Paes-Raja crash out

Veteran Indian tennis star Leander Paes and his compatriot Purav Raja crashed out of the men's doubles competition at the Australian Open following a straight sets loss to Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah here on Sunday.

Paes and Raja could not put up much of a challenge, going down 1-6, 2-6 to the unseeded Colombian duo in an hour and nine minutes.

--IANS

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