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Wimbledon 2025: Balaji joins Bhambri and Bollipalli in men's doubles second round
N. Sriram Balaji and his Mexican partner Miguel Reyes-Varela progressed to the second round of men's doubles at Wimbledon 2025 on Thursday.
The Indo-Mexican duo defeated the all-American pair of Aleksandar Kovacevic and Learner Tien 6-4, 6-4 in an hour and 11 minutes. In the next round, they will face either the fourth-seeded Spanish-Argentine pair of Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos or Ray Ho of Chinese Taipei and Yunchaokete Bu of China.
Earlier, on Wednesday, Yuki Bhambri and his American partner Robert Galloway also booked their spots in the second round.
Bhambri and Galloway, seeded 16th, took down the French-Monagasque pair of Manuel Guinard and Romain Arneodo 7-6(8), 6-4 in an hour and 49 minutes. The Indo-American duo came to The Championships after finishing as runner-up at the Mallorca Open.
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The Bhambri-Galloway pair will be up against the winner of the match between the Dutch combination of Robin Haase and Jean-Julien Rojer and American Marcos Giron and Nuno Borges of Portugal in the next round.
Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli and his Colombian partner Nicolas Barrientos saved four match points before defeating Alexandre Muller of France and Belgium's David Goffin 4-6, 6-4, 7-6(11). Their second-round match will be against either the sixth-seeded British pair of Joe Salisbury and Neal Skupski or wildcards Joshua Paris and Charles Broom.
The Indo-Belgian pair of Rohan Bopanna and Sander Gille lost 6-3, 6-4 to the third-seeded German pair of Kevin Krawietz and Tim Puetz in an hour and four minutes.
