Robin haase

Miguel Angel Reyes: India's N Sriram Balaji and his Mexican partner Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela progressed to the second round of the Australian Open men's doubles event with a dominating straight sets over Robin Haase and Aleksandr Nedovyesov on Thursday.

The Indo-Mexican duo of N. Sriram Balaji and Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela defeated the Dutch-Kazakh pair 6-4, 6-3 in just over an hour in their opening men’s doubles match.

Balaji and Reyes-Varela displayed superior consistency and firepower, hitting 23 winners compared to their opponents’ 16. After breaking serve in the sixth game of the first set, they were immediately broken back but regained control with a decisive backhand winner in the 10th game to take the set.