India’s French Open campaign on Sunday, along with Rohan Bopanna and Yuki Bhambari, faced a men’s doubles in the third round matches in Paris. Bopana-Pavlesac lost to another seed Heliovara-Pathen, while Bhambari-Goloy was defeated by the ninth seeds Harrison-King.Bopanna and Czech partner Adam Pavlesek gave a tough competition to 2-6, 6-7 (5) for the second-seeded pair Harry Heliovara and Henry Patton before killing, which is the third and fourth position globally.Bhambri and American partner Robert Gallowway were defeated by American ninth preferences Christian Harrison and Ivan King 4-6 4-6.The Indo-American pair of Bhambri-Goloy faced early failures with a break. Despite saving four set points in the ninth game, Harrison managed to serve the first set.
The significant moment in the second set came at 4-4 when Bhambri lost his service. A long-term smash in the nominated volley of 30-All and Gallow, made his opponents successful.
The match ended when Bhambri gave a forehand returns in the 30-school, leading to the first match point, followed by a wide comeback of the Gallow.In the Bopana-Pavlesec match, Heliovara and Patton gained a 5–1 lead with a double brake in the initial set. Finn closed the set with an overhead smash.Quiz: Who is that IPL player?The second set served strongly from both Bopana and Patton. Despite the 2-3 opportunity, when Patton did a double-fault, the British player recovered to serve.The set went to a tie-breaker, where the second seed with heliovara’s service return winner was strong at the match point.Other Indian players N Sriram Balaji and Rithuvik Bolipalli were already abolished before the tournament.At the Junior event, India’s promising talent Manas Dhamne dropped the boys single from Ronit Karki after losing 5-7, 3-6. The 17 -year -old qualifier Dhamne fought for his best performance.Indian junior player Hitesh Chauhan, who has also qualified for boys singles, is to face the Ludwig Fredric head of Sweden.
