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Hamburg Open: Bopanna, Balaji begin Olympic preparation with defeat

Getting ready to represent India at the Paris Olympics, veteran Rohan Bopanna and N Sriram Balaji began their partnership with a tough loss in the opening round. Bopanna and Balaji have never played together on the ATP Tour before. The sixth-seeded Indian team lost 1-6 4-6 to unseeded German team of Jakob Schnaitter and Mark Wallner in the ATP 500 tournament. Now Bopanna and Balaji will head to Umaag to play Croatia Open, which is an ATP 250 event.