Yuki-Myneni, Bopanna-Dabrowski crash out of Wimbledon | Tennis News
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Indian doubles pair of Yuki Bhambri and Saketh Myneni put up a valiant struggle earlier than happening to Alejandro Davidovich Fokina of Spain and Adrian Mannarino of France in a three-setter to crash out of the Wimbledon first spherical, right here on Sunday.
After a subdued opening set, Bhambri and Myneni had been at their finest and broke the Spanish-French pair within the tenth recreation to convey the match on a fair keel however they may not capitalise to ultimately go down 4-6 6-4 4-6 in a two-hour battle.
Indian problem in blended doubles ended after the sixth-seeded Rohan Bopanna and Gabriela Dabrowski had been knocked out by 2019 Wimbledon champions Ivan Dodig and Latisha Chan 7-6 (5), 3-6, 4-6.
The Indo-Canadian pair, who received the French Open in 2017, took the opening set after successful the tie-breaker in a 53-minute battle.
Bopanna and Dabrowski broke the Croat-Taiwanese duo within the second and fourth video games to steer 4-2. However Dodig and Chan bounced again to interrupt Bopanna and Dabrowski within the seventh recreation earlier than levelling it 6-all to pressure a tie-breaker.
However what adopted was a heartbreak for the 43-year-old Indian enjoying in his closing season.
The second set was a straight ahead case for Dodig and Chan who broke Bopanna and Dabrowski within the eighth recreation earlier than successful it in 36 minutes.
Dodig and Chan held on to the momentum and raced to 4-2 lead after breaking the third recreation and wrapped it up within the tenth recreation.
Bopanna, who's the top-ranked Indian doubles participant, has saved his hopes alive within the males's doubles together with his Australian associate Matthew Ebden.
The sixth seeded Indo-Australian duo will tackle unseeded British pair Jacob Fearnley and Johannus Monday within the second spherical.
Dhamne advances in boys' singles
Younger Indian Manas Dhamne moved into the second spherical of the boys singles with a straightforward straight-set victory over forty seventh ranked 16-year-old from Australia Hayden Jones.
Dhamne, 15, defeated his opponent 6-2 6-4 in a single hour, 13 minutes and will run into prime seed and world quantity two Juan Carlos Prado Angelo from Bolivia.
Dhamne, who trains at Piatti Tennis Centre in Italy, had earlier overwhelmed Vuk Radjenovic of Serbia 6-3 6-2 within the first spherical of qualifying earlier than overcoming a troublesome three-setter towards Atakan Karahan of Turkey, the tenth seed.
That is the second junior Grand Slam look of the season for Dhamne, who had competed on the Australian Open the place he had retired within the second spherical.
Dhamne dedicated fewer unforced errors -- 17 to his opponent's 34 -- and received 88 per cent of his factors on first serve to defeat his higher-ranked Australian opponent with ease.
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