MELBOURNE — Former Illini Rajeev Ram and playing partner Raven Klaasen advanced in the Australian Open men’s doubles draw on Thursday with a first-round victory.
Ram and Klaasen, seeded sixth in the tournament, defeated Aliaksandr Bury and Paolo Lorenzi 6-3, 7-5.
The victorious duo will take on Marcus Daniell and Marcelo Demoliner in the second round.
In golf
Campbell, Points begin event. Phil Mickelson shot a scrambling 4-under-par 68 on Thursday in La Quinta, Calif., in the CareerBuilder Challenge, leaving him 4 strokes back in his return from two sports-hernia surgeries.