<p>Melbourne: India's Yuki Bhambri and his French partner Albano Olivetti bowed out of the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/australian-open">Australian Open</a> after a straight-sets loss to local wildcards Tristan Schoolkate and Adam Walton in the opening round here on Wednesday.</p>.<p>The Indo-French duo, struggling with errors, fell 2-6, 6-7 in the men's doubles match that lasted one hour and 20 minutes.</p>.<p>Bhambri and Olivetti failed to convert any of their three break points and committed five double faults, compared to just one by their Australian opponents.</p>.<p>After surrendering the first set without much resistance, Bhambri and Olivetti showed more resilience in the second set, holding serve for most of the game.</p>.Bopanna, Barrientos make first-round exit from Australian Open men's doubles event.<p>However, they fell behind 0-2 when Schoolkate and Walton executed a stunning backhand winner.</p>.<p>The Indo-French pair later lost their service game again due to a forehand error to trail 2-4, ultimately conceding the match.</p>.<p>On Tuesday, former world number one Rohan Bopanna and his new Colombian partner Nicolas Barrientos also made a first-round exit.</p>
<p>Melbourne: India's Yuki Bhambri and his French partner Albano Olivetti bowed out of the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/australian-open">Australian Open</a> after a straight-sets loss to local wildcards Tristan Schoolkate and Adam Walton in the opening round here on Wednesday.</p>.<p>The Indo-French duo, struggling with errors, fell 2-6, 6-7 in the men's doubles match that lasted one hour and 20 minutes.</p>.<p>Bhambri and Olivetti failed to convert any of their three break points and committed five double faults, compared to just one by their Australian opponents.</p>.<p>After surrendering the first set without much resistance, Bhambri and Olivetti showed more resilience in the second set, holding serve for most of the game.</p>.Bopanna, Barrientos make first-round exit from Australian Open men's doubles event.<p>However, they fell behind 0-2 when Schoolkate and Walton executed a stunning backhand winner.</p>.<p>The Indo-French pair later lost their service game again due to a forehand error to trail 2-4, ultimately conceding the match.</p>.<p>On Tuesday, former world number one Rohan Bopanna and his new Colombian partner Nicolas Barrientos also made a first-round exit.</p>