The second seeds, who finished runners-up in the Malaysia Open Super 1000 last week, were quick off the blocks and pocketed the opening game rather easily
Indian player Sumit Nagal on Tuesday achieved a significant victory as he defeated Kazakhstan's Alexander Bublik in straight sets in the Australian Open
The Spaniard struggled to shake off Gasquet in an opening set but pulled through the tie-break to wrap up the match in two hours and 22 minutes inside Rod Laver Arena
Rublev overcame a significant scare to defeat the Brazilian 7-5, 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 7-6(10-6) and advance to the second round in Melbourne for the eighth time in eight outings.
Star India batter, Shreyas Iyer is set to play for Mumbai in their second round fixture of the Ranji Trophy 2024 against Andhra Pradesh beginning on Friday ahead of the home Test series against England.
Louis Oosthuizen shot 7-under 65 to get to 14-under and held a one-shot lead over the little-known Jacques P De Villiers, who caught the eye with a second-round 67. De Villiers ranked 984th in the world, birdied the 18th to get to 68 in the third round and a total of 13-under.
Sunhit Bishnoi struck an error-free two-under 70 at his home course to hold the second-round clubhouse lead at a total of five-under 139 at the end of day two of the Kapil Dev Grant Thornton Invitational 2023 played at the DLF Golf and Country Club in Gurugram