Wimbledon Tennis: Bhambri-Olivetti Pair Enters Second Round Of Men’s Doubles In London

In Wimbledon Tennis, India’s Yuki Bhambri along with French companion Albano Olivetti defeated Alexander Bublik and Alexander Shevchenko of Kazakhstan by 6-4,6-4, in the first round of Men’s Doubles in London last evening.

In another Men’s Doubles match, India’s N Sriram Balaji along with his partner Luke Johnson of Great Britain lost to reigning French Open champions Mate Pavic of Croatia and Marcelo Arevalo of El Salvador in the opening round by 4-6, 6-7.

 

India’s Rohan Bopanna and his Australian companion Matthew Ebden kicked off their campaign with a victory



over an all-Dutch duo, Sander Arends and Robin Haase 7-5, 6-4 in the first round of Men’s Doubles in London last night. They will face the German pair of Hendrik Jebens and Constantin Frantzen in the next round.

However, India’s Sumit Nagal and his Serbian partner Dusan Lajovic suffered a straight-set loss in the opening round of Men’s Doubles. The pair lost to the Spanish combination of Pedro Martinez and Jaume Munar 6-2, 6-2. Earlier, Sumit bowed out of the first round of the Men’s singles after losing to Miomir Kecmanovic of Serbia.