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French Open: Bhambri-Galloway stun seventh seeds Mektic-Venus

May 30, 2025 20:20 IST
Source:PTI  -  Edited By: Harish Kotian
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IMAGE: Yuki Bhambri celebrates a point during the men's doubles second round match against Nikola Mektic and Michael Venus. Photograph: All India Tennis Association/X

India's Yuki Bhambri and his American partner Robert Galloway advanced to the third round of the French Open men's doubles with a thrilling three-set victory over seventh seeds Nikola Mektic and Michael Venus, in Paris, on Friday.

The Indo-American duo displayed nerves of steel to edge past the Croatian-Kiwi pair 6-7(4), 7-6(7), 6-3 in a closely-contested second-round match that lasted two hours and 32

minutes at the Roland Garros.

Bhambri and Galloway will next face the ninth-seeded American pair of Christian Harrison and Evan King for a place in the quarter-finals.

 

Bhambri and Galloway had edged out Robin Haase and Hendrik Jebens 6-3 6-7(8) 6-3 in the first round match.

Later in the day, India's Rohan Bopanna and N Sriram Balaji, along with Balaji's Mexican partner Miguel Reyes-Varela, will also be in action in the men's doubles.

Source: PTI  -  Edited By: Harish Kotian
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