Tennis
French Open: Sriram Balaji-Reyes Varela into second round, Yuki Bhambri-Albano Olivetti lose - Highlights
Follow us for all the Highlights from men's doubles matches of the French Open 2024.
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:
Live Updates
- 31 May 2024 2:44 PM GMT
Game-9: Olivetti saves the match point to somehow hold on to his serve
Set-2: Yuki-Olivetti 4-5 Peers-Safiullin
- 31 May 2024 2:37 PM GMT
Game-8: Peers shows some excellent net game to help Safiullin in holding
Set-2: Yuki-Olivetti 3-5 Peers-Safiullin
- 31 May 2024 2:36 PM GMT
Game-8: Another serve game of Safiullin went into deuce
Set-2: Yuki-Olivetti 3-4 Peers-Safiullin
- 31 May 2024 2:32 PM GMT
Game-7: Yuki holds on to his game and keep themselves in the hunt despite of a break down
Set-2: Yuki-Olivetti 3-4 Peers-Safiullin
- 31 May 2024 2:30 PM GMT
Game-6: A brilliant serve game from Peers to hold on to the lead in the set
Set-2: Yuki-Olivetti 2-4 Peers-Safiullin
- 31 May 2024 2:26 PM GMT
Game-5: An excellent return from Peers to gets first break of the set, on the serve of Olivetti
Set-2: Yuki-Olivetti 2-3 Peers-Safiullin
- 31 May 2024 2:22 PM GMT
Game-4: Safiullin avoids the scare and holds on to his serve as Yuki finds the net on return
Set-2: Yuki-Olivetti 2-2 Peers-Safiullin
- 31 May 2024 2:21 PM GMT
Game-4: A break point for Yuki-Olivetti as Yuki finds a perfect kill on the net
Set-2: Yuki-Olivetti 2-1 Peers-Safiullin
- 31 May 2024 2:19 PM GMT
Game-4: A powerful return from Yuki to force a deuce in the game
Set-2: Yuki-Olivetti 2-1 Peers-Safiullin
