Rohan Bopanna, 43, creates history, becomes oldest-ever Grand Slam champion
Bopanna also became the oldest player to achieve No.1 ranking in men's doubles.
Bopanna also became the oldest player to achieve No.1 ranking in men's doubles.
The Rohan-Rutuja duo struggled in the initial set of the match and lost the first set against Chinese Taipei's En-shuo Liang and Tsung-hao Huang by 6-2.
An emotional Rohit Rajpal, India’s non-playing captain said, the team is going to miss him.
India’s star tennis player Bopanna recently made history by becoming the oldest player to compete in the Grand Slam final when he appeared at the US Open doubles final last week.
The 43-year-old remains the only Indian in the fray in the men’s doubles event after Yuki Bhambri and Saketh Myneni made first round exits.
Mirza will, however, play in the women's doubles event.
The duo of Sharan and Sitek won their first-round Australian Open match in straight sets of 6-4, 7-5 against Pablo Carreno Busta and Joao Sousa.
The 39-year-old was expected to play with legendary Leander Paes for the doubles rubber during the November 29-30 tie.
This was the first time that the tennis star dropped out of top-100 bracket in 19 years.
The 45-year-old Bhupathi said as per the All India Tennis Association's (AITA) last communication to him, he was replaced as the non-playing captain for making himself unavailable to travel to Pakistan.