Leander Paes-Rohan Bopanna beat Croatia to keep India's Davis Cup hopes alive

The duo won the match against Croatia’s Mate Pavic and Franko Skugor

Recovering from shoulder injury, Rohan Bopanna aims to play Qatar Open in Jan

The 39-year-old had pulled out from India's Davis Cup tie against Pakistan after sustaining a shoulder injury.

All Indian Tennis Association (AITA) on Thursday announced an unprecedented eight-member squad for the Davis Cup tie against Pakistan.

The unseeded duo of Bopanna and Shapovalov lost 6-7 (3-7), 6-7 to the Dutch duo of Robin Haase and Wesley Koolhof in a hard-fought contest.

The Indo-Canadian got a walkover in their quarterfinal clash against France's Benoit Paire and Swiss Stan Wawrinka.

In contrast, Bopanna and Sharan’s easy camaraderie shone through in the match and they displayed near-perfect on-court coordination.

Tennis champion Rohan Bopanna is back from the Australian Open as runners-up mixed doubles, and has coffee on his mind.

Paes and Purav Raja will now take on fifth-seed pair of Britain's Jamie Murray and Brazil's Bruno Soares.

Rohan Bopanna, Raja lose doubles to hand advantage to Canada.

Mirza and Dodig crashed out of the event after suffering a straight-sets defeat against Heather Watson and Henri Kontinen