Jeevan-Sanam pair crashes out of junior doubles at US Open

New York, Sep 7 (UNI) Third seeds Jeevan Neduncheziyan and Sanam Singh crashed out of the boys' doubles event at the US Open with a shocking 3-6, 4-6 loss at the hands of unseeded Australian-Chilean pair of Greg Jones and Hans Podlipnik in the first round here.

Jeevan and Sanam were the only Indians in action yesterday and proved to be a major disappointment as they went down without much fight in the match.

The Indian pair was expected to have it easy against their unheralded rivals but Greg and Hans turned the tables and ran away with the match to cause a major upset in the junior competitons.

Both Jeevan and Sanam have already crashed out of the singles event and the doubles exit spells the end of their US Open campaign.

The third seeds struggled from the very start and the Indians failed to recover having lost their rhythm early on. After losing the opening set, Jeevan and Sanam struggled once again in the second set and surrendered the match to the unseeded Australian-Chilean duo to make an early exit from the junior doubles of the last Grandslam of the year.

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