Tennis
French Open: Sriram Balaji-Reyes Varela into second round, Yuki Bhambri-Albano Olivetti lose - Highlights
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Sriram Balaji in action at the first match of the Davis Cup Group-1 tie against Sweden. (File Photo: ATP)
Two Indian doubles pair were in action in the first round at Rolland Garros as Sriram Balaji won his first ever victory at French Open along with his Mexican partner, Miguel Angel Reyes-Valera, to beat Reese Stalder and Sem Verbeek.
Later in the day, Yuki Bhambri and Albano Olivetti suffered a close defeat to Roman Safiullin and John Peers.
As it happened:
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- 31 May 2024 3:05 PM GMT
Yuki-Olivetti Bow out of the French Open 2024 in the first round
Final Score: - Yuki-Olivetti [3-6, 6(5)-7(7)] Peers-Safiullin
- 31 May 2024 3:00 PM GMT
An unfortunate error from Yuki as he finds the net on his return to drop the tiebreaker
Set-2: Yuki-Olivetti 6-6 Peers-Safiullin
Tiebreaker:- 5-7
- 31 May 2024 3:00 PM GMT
Peers hold on his serve to win a match point in the tie breaker
Set-2: Yuki-Olivetti 6-6 Peers-Safiullin
Tiebreaker:- 5-6
- 31 May 2024 2:57 PM GMT
Yuki-Olivetti gets a mini break as double fault for Safiullin
Set-2: Yuki-Olivetti 6-6 Peers-Safiullin
Tiebreaker:- 4-2
- 31 May 2024 2:53 PM GMT
Game-12: A good net kill form Peers to take the set into the tie breaker
Set-2: Yuki-Olivetti 6-6 Peers-Safiullin
- 31 May 2024 2:50 PM GMT
Game-11: Yuki holds on his serve without dropping in any point
Set-2: Yuki-Olivetti 6-5 Peers-Safiullin
- 31 May 2024 2:48 PM GMT
Game-10: The match is back to level terms as Peers got broke on his serve as he pushed a return wide
Set-2: Yuki-Olivetti 5-5 Peers-Safiullin
- 31 May 2024 2:46 PM GMT
Game-10: Two break points for Yuki-Olivetti
Set-2: Yuki-Olivetti 4-5 Peers-Safiullin
- 31 May 2024 2:45 PM GMT
Game-10: A good start for the Indo-French pair to win the first two points of the game
Set-2: Yuki-Olivetti 4-5 Peers-Safiullin
