2016 Australian Open: What to watch on Day 7
The action at the 2016 Australian Open gets heated up as we enter the second week of the season’s first Slam. The fourth round throws up some highly entertaining match-ups that can see a few upsets happening.Which are the must-watch matches on Sunday? Here’s our pick:
#4 Indian interest
Defending mixed doubles champions Leander Paes and Martina Hingis begin their campaign against the British-Russian duo of Dominic Inglot and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova on Sunday. Rohan Bopanna will also be in action in mixed doubles alongside Yung-Jan Chan. The third seeds face the Australian pair of John Millman and Kimberly Birrell.
In men’s doubles, fourth seeds Bopanna and Florin Mergea will look to book a berth in the quarter-finals as they take on the 14th seeds Max Mirnyi and Treat Huey.
In the juniors, India’s Mihika Yadav will meet the 15th seed Katherine Sebov in the first round. She is also in girls’ doubles with Zhuoma Ni Ma of China and they face the second seeds Anna Kalinskaya and Tereza Mihalikova.