<p class="title">Rohan Bopanna and his Hungarian partner Timea Babos frittered away a one set advantage, going down to Mate Pavic and Gabriela Dabrowski in the Australian Open mixed doubles final here today.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The fifth-seeded Bopanna and Babos lost 6-2 4-6 9-11 to the Croat-Canadian pair of Pavic and Dabrowski, seeded eighth, in a match which lasted one hour and eight minutes.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Bopanna and Babos dominated the opening set, helped to a great extent, by their erratic opponents, who conceded seven break points.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Indo-Hungarian combine converted two of those chances to claim the early advantage.</p>.<p class="bodytext">However, Pavic and Dabrowski roared back into the match in the second set. Their serve was flawless and the pair did not concede a single break point.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It was Bopanna and Babos' turn to become erratic now and they were broken once by Pavic and Dabrowski before drawing level.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The two teams headed to a tie-breaker from here and after a gruelling contest, Pavic and Dabrowski emerged triumphantly.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Interestingly, Bopanna had won his maiden Grand Slam crown at the 2017 French Open with Dabrowski.</p>
<p class="title">Rohan Bopanna and his Hungarian partner Timea Babos frittered away a one set advantage, going down to Mate Pavic and Gabriela Dabrowski in the Australian Open mixed doubles final here today.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The fifth-seeded Bopanna and Babos lost 6-2 4-6 9-11 to the Croat-Canadian pair of Pavic and Dabrowski, seeded eighth, in a match which lasted one hour and eight minutes.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Bopanna and Babos dominated the opening set, helped to a great extent, by their erratic opponents, who conceded seven break points.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Indo-Hungarian combine converted two of those chances to claim the early advantage.</p>.<p class="bodytext">However, Pavic and Dabrowski roared back into the match in the second set. Their serve was flawless and the pair did not concede a single break point.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It was Bopanna and Babos' turn to become erratic now and they were broken once by Pavic and Dabrowski before drawing level.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The two teams headed to a tie-breaker from here and after a gruelling contest, Pavic and Dabrowski emerged triumphantly.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Interestingly, Bopanna had won his maiden Grand Slam crown at the 2017 French Open with Dabrowski.</p>