Sports News | Wimbledon: Bhambri-Olivetti Pair Moves to Second Round

London, Jul 4 (PTI) India's Yuki Bhambri and his French partner Albano Olivetti prevailed against a quality pair to move to the men's doubles second round but Olympic-bound N Sriram Balaji made an exit from the Wimbledon Championships along with Luke Johnson, here on Thursday.

Bhambri and Olivetti downed Kazkahstan duo of Alexander Bublik and Alexander Shevchenko 6-4 6-4 in 58 minutes at court nine.

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The Indo-French pair broke its rivals thrice and saved two breakpoints on their serves.

They will next face eighth seeded German combination of Kevin Krawietz and Tim Puetz.

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Meanwhile, Balaji, who will compete at Olympics with Rohan Bopanna, lost the first round with British partner Johnson. They fell 4-6 5-7 to fourth seeds Marcelo Alevaro from Salvador and Croatian Mat Pavic.

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