[3] Monique Barry (NZL) and Alicia Smith (AUS) v Abhilasha Bista (NEP) and Sonal Patil (IND)

The unranked pair of Abhilasha Bista and Sonal Patil were always going to struggle against third seeds Monique Barry and Alicia Smith in Nakhon Si Thammarat this afternoon, and so it proved when their only hold of serve in the first set came at their first attempt.  They did have a chance to win another…