French Open 2020: Divij Sharan bows out after opening-round loss

India's Divij Sharan and his South Korean partner Kwon Soon-woo were ousted from the French Open following a hard-fought opening-round loss in the men's doubles event.

The unseeded Sharan and Kwon Soon-woo lost 2-6 6-4 4-6 to the 16th seeded Croatian-American pair of Franko Skugor and Austin Krajicek on Wednesday.

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They lost to the 16th seeded pair of Austin Krajicek and Franko Skugor 2-6 6-4 4-6

The match went down to the wire in the last set where Krajicek/Skugor took a crucial break in the 10th game to win the match. pic.twitter.com/XNKvo1mCbe

— Indian Tennis Daily (@IndTennisDaily) September 30, 2020

It was Divij's second straight opening-round loss at a Grand Slam after the US Open ouster.

Veteran Rohan Bopanna is the only Indian left in French Open now and he begins his men's doubles campaign later on Thursday with Canadian partner Denis Shapovalov.

They face the pair of Jack Sock and Vasek Pospisil.

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