Djokovic/Kyrgios lose to Mektic/Venus in Brisbane men's doubles

BRISBANE - The Serbian/Australian pair of Novak Djokovic and Nick Kyrgios is out of the men's doubles event of the Brisbane ATP tennis tournament after losing to the first-seeded Croatian-New Zealand duo of NIkola Mektic and Michael Venus 6-2, 3-6, 10-8 in the second round on Wednesday.

In the men's singles event, Djokovic will face Frenchman Gael Monfils in the second round.

The prize money in Brisbane is 766,290 US dollars.