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India Today
8 hours ago
- Sport
- India Today
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 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 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 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 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 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 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, Watch
India Today
13 hours ago
- Sport
- India Today
French Open: Novak Djokovic advances to 4th Round with dominant win vs Misolic
Novak Djokovic showed no signs of slowing down at Roland Garros, booking his place in the fourth round of the French Open for a remarkable 16th consecutive year. The sixth seed was in cruise control on June 1 after easing past Austrian qualifier Filip Misolic 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 under the lights at Court Misolic put up brief resistance early on — notably saving seven break points in a tense second set — Djokovic quickly settled in and took command. The 38-year-old Serb kept his unforced errors to a minimum, struck 33 winners, and faced just one break point in a dominant display that lasted just over two Open 2025 Day 7 Live Updates The straight-sets win improves Djokovic's career record at Roland Garros to 99-16, equalling his match-win tally at the Australian Open, where he owns a record 10 Djokovic continues his push for a record-extending 25th Grand Slam title, it was a different story for India's N Sriram Balaji in the men's doubles draw. Teaming up with Mexican partner Miguel ngel Reyes-Varela, Balaji exited in the second round after a 3-6, 4-6 loss to fourth-seeded Italians Simone Bolelli and Andrea Indo-Mexican pair struggled to gain a foothold, conceding key breaks early in both sets and failing to recover. The defeat ends Balaji's campaign, falling short of his career-best French Open showing last year, when he reached the round of Balaji and Rithvik Bollipalli both out, India's doubles hopes now rest with Rohan Bopanna and Yuki Bhambri, who remain in contention alongside their respective partners. As the tournament heads into its second week, Indian fans will be looking to the experienced duo to keep the tricolor flying in Rithvik Bollipalli and now N Sriram Balaji exiting the Roland Garros, India's final hopes in men's doubles have narrowed down to two seasoned campaigners — Rohan Bopanna and Yuki Bhambri.
NDTV
19 hours ago
- Sport
- NDTV
N Sriram Balaji And Miguel Reyes-Varela Crash Out Of French Open 2025
India's N Sriram Balaji and his Mexican partner Miguel Reyes-Varela's French Open journey came to an end with the second round defeat against fourth seed Italians Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori in Paris on Saturday. Balaji and Reyes-Varela lost 3-6 4-6 in the second round match that lasted one hour and 24 minutes at Court 7. Reaching the pre-quarterfinals of the Clay Court major last year remains Balaji's best show at Grand Slams. India's other contenders are still alive in the competition with Yuki Bhambri and Rohan Bopanna reaching the pre-quarterfinals with their respective partners. (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
India Today
a day ago
- Sport
- India Today
French Open: Yuki Bhambri, Robert Galloway stun 7th seeds, Rohan Bopanna into R3
India's Yuki Bhambri and America's Robert Galloway made their way through to the third round of men's doubles in the French Open 2025 after pulling off a stunning victory over seventh seeds Nikola Mektic and Michael Venus. On Friday, May 30, the Indo-American duo won their second round match 6-7(4), 7-6(7), 6-3 in two hours and 32 minutes at Roland and Galloway started their campaign with a 6-3 6-7(8) 6-3 win over Robin Haase and Hendrik Jebens in the first round before taking down Mektic and Venus. In the third round, they will be up against the American duo of Christian Harrison and Evan King. Harrison and King had a dominating second round where they beat Manuel Guinard and Romain Arneodo 6-4, 6-0. Also Read: French Open 2025: Carlos Alcaraz made to work hard in Round 3, Iga Swiatek rolls onRohan Bopanna advances In another doubles match, Rohan Bopanna and Adam Pavlasek from Czechia rallied back from a set down to beat the French duo of Fabien Reboul and Sadio Doumbia. In two hours and 10 minutes, they won the match 6-7 (2-7), 7-6 (7-5), 6-2. In the third round, Bopanna and Pavlasek will lock horns with Henry Patten from the United Kingdom and Harri Heliovaara from Finland. Patten and Heliovaara will go into the match after beating Gabriel Diallo and Jacob Fearnley 6-2, 6-3. advertisementEarlier on May 28, India's N Sriram Balaji booked his berth in the second round of men's doubles in the clay-court major. Balaji and Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela from Mexico defeated Camilo Ugo Carbelli and Yunchaokete Bu 6-2, 6-1. Balaji and Reyes-Varela will be up against the fourth-seeded Italian pair of Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori in their second-round match on Saturday, May 31.
New Indian Express
2 days ago
- Politics
- New Indian Express
Senthil Balaji intensifies preparations in Western districts ahead of TN assembly election 2026
TIRUPPUR: Intensifying the preparations for the upcoming Assembly elections, DMK West Zone in-charge and former minister V Senthil Balaji met DMK functionaries in Tiruppur and instructed them to expedite the election duties, on Thursday. Sources said that Balaji, who was previously in charge of Karur and Coimbatore districts, has now been appointed as the in charge of West Zone districts by the DMK leadership. As a result, the charge of Coimbatore, Tiruppur, Nilgiris, Erode, Namakkal and Karur districts for the elections have been handed over to Balaji, covering a total of 35 constituencies. In Tiruppur, Avinashi, Tiruppur North, Tiruppur South and Palladam constituencies are under Balaji, while Dharapuram, Kangeyam, Madathukulam and Udumalaipet constituencies have been assigned to Food and Civil Supplies Minister R Sakkarapani. Reportedly, Balaji is now holding secret consultations and meetings with DMK functionaries in the West Zone districts. Reporters have been barred from these meetings, and Balaji has also been avoiding press meets. On Thursday, Balaji met Tiruppur East and North district functionaries separately, gave suggestions, and also advised them to expedite election works. Speaking to TNIE, N Dinesh Kumar, district secretary of Tiruppur North, said, "This is purely an election-related consultation meeting. Senthil Balaji gave instructions to party functionaries to expedite election works." Reportedly, Balaji also issued instructions to quickly identify strong and weak polling booths and address them. "Balaji has instructed that all preparatory works be completed and ready by the end of January 2026, as the election date is likely to be announced by February," a DMK functionary said. Further, party functionaries said Balaji, who met party functionaries in Erode two days ago, instructed district secretaries to remove non-performing functionaries from their posts and appoint new active functionaries. In 2021, the AIADMK-led alliance won 44 out of 68 seats in 10 districts in the Kongu region. It won all 10 seats in Coimbatore district, and five of eight seats in Tiruppur. In Erode, the AIADMK alliance had won five of eight seats. "This will change in the upcoming Assembly election. Balaji is formulating strategies for this," said a senior DMK functionary.
