French Open: India's N Sriram Balaji crashes out in doubles second round
India's N Sriram Balaji couldn't go beyond the second round of the men's doubles in the French Open 2025. On Saturday, May 31, Balaji and Mexico's Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela lost in straight sets to the fourth-seeded Italian pair of Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori.It took Bolelli and Vavaswsori an hour and 24 minutes to win the match 6-3, 6-4 on Court 7. The Italian duo converted two of the nine break-point chances they got. Balaji and Reyes-Varela didn't get a single opportunity to break, showing how dominating their opponents were.advertisement18 unforced errors didn't help Balaji and his partner. Bolelli and Vavaswsori also dominated the Indo-Mexican pair with 18 winners in the match. In the third round, Bolelli and Vavassori will be up against the Australian pair of Matthew Ebden and John Peers.Rohan Bopanna, Yuki Bhambri cruise along
Among other Indians, Rohan Bopanna and Yuki Bhambri will be in action in their respective third-round matches. Bopanna and Adam Pavlasek from Czechia will face the United Kingdom's Henry Patten and Finland's Harri Heliovaara.Bopanna and Pavlasek will go into the third round on the back of a 6-7 (2-7), 7-6 (7-5), 6-2 win over France's Fabien Reboul and Sadio Doumbia in two hours and 10 minutes.Bhambri and America's Robert Galloway, on the other hand, defeated seventh seeds Nikola Mektic and Michael Venus 6-7 (4), 7-6 (7), 6-3 in two hours and 32 minutes.They will next lock horns with America's Christian Harrison and Evan King. Harrison and King had a dominating second round where they got the better of Manuel Guinard and Romain Arneodo, winning the match 6-4, 6-0.Must Watch
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