The Serb pair lost 6-4, 6-4 to Brazilian fourth seeds Marcelo Melo and Bruno Soares. Kerber next faces Australia’s Samantha Stosur who was too strong for Misaki Doi of Japan, winning 6-3, 6-4. Muguruza, the French Open champion, routed Japan’s Nao Hibino 6-1, 6-1 in just 55 minutes. The giant 27-year-old, ranked 141 in the world after years of wrist injury misery pushed him to the brink of quitting, swept to a 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 win. The 2009 US Open champion said he was running on empty by the end after only getting to bed at 4:30 in the morning.

Source: Hindustan Times August 09, 2016 03:56 UTC