Wimbledon 2024: Yuki Bhambri - Albano Olivetti pair advances to second round

Indian tennis star Yuki Bhambri and his French partner Albano Olivetti advanced to the second round of the ongoing Wimbledon 2024 men’s doubles competition after securing a win over Alexander Bublik and Alexander Shevchenko from Kazakhstan by 6-4, 6-4 in two straight sets.

Yuki Bhambri and Albano Olivetti started off on a dominating note, winning their serves in the opening four games. However, they broke the opposition’s serve in the fifth game to turn the tables.

Though the opposition pair tried to fight back with a serve break of their own, they couldn’t stop the Indo-French pair from winning the first set on a comfortable note by 6-4.

Moving to the details of the second set, it turned out to be a tough contest. Nevertheless, Bhambri and Olivetti broke the serve in the fifth game without losing a point. Though the opposition duo tried to take the game long, they failed to extend the match to the third set.

The Indo-French duo Yuki Bhambri and Albano Olivetti will lock horns with the eighth-seeded German duo Kevin Krawietz and Tim Puetz in the second round of Wimbledon 2024.

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N Sriram Balaji faces elimination from the first round of Wimbledon 2024

Another Indian player, N Sriram Balaji, who is about to pair up with Rohan Bopanna in the Paris Olympics 2024, suffered an early exit from the Grand Slam event in London.

Shifting our focus to the match’s details, Sriram Balaji partnered with Great Britain’s Luke Johnson. They suffered a defeat to El Salvador’s Marcelo Arevalo and Croatia’s Mate Pavic by 6-4, 7-5.

Arevalo and Pavic initiated the opening set on a dominating note and clinched it by 6-4. They had three breakpoint chances and converted one of them to make things comfortable for them. Though Sriram and Johnson put up a tough fight in the second set, they couldn't evade the loss.

Indian veteran tennis player Rohan Bopanna and his Australian partner Matthew Ebden will be competing in the third round of the men’s doubles of Wimbledon 2024 on Friday, July 5. The second-seed duo will cross swords with German pair Hendrik Jebens and Constantin Frantzen.

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