Post Olympics, Mahesh Bhupathi regains form

In a battle that lasted over one and a half hour, Bhupathi and Knowles were put through a tough test by their unseeded rivals. The opening set went the Indo-Bahamian pair’s way but Bolleli and Sippi did well to recover and equalise in the second set, in which they broke Bhupathi and Knowles twice besides saving five break points.

However, Bolleli and Sippi ran out of steam in the deciding tie-breaker as Bhupathi and Knowles drew from their experience to scrape through.