IT was deju vu for Mark Knowles and his new partner Michal Mertinak.

For the second straight tournament this year, the Bahamian-Solvenia duo got ousted in the second round, this time at the Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia.

Knowles and Mertinak, seeded at number 12, were stunned as they suffered a 7-6 (3), 6-0 loss to the team of Eric Butorac of the United States and Jean-Julien Rojer from the Netherland Antilles.

Prior to the Australian Open, Knowles and Mertinek kicked off their partnership by getting to the second round at the Medibank International in Sydney, Australia where they got eliminated by the American duo of Bob and Mike Bryan, who eventually lost in the final ot the team of ...

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