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India’s doubles gamers made a stupendous begin on the US Open with Davis Cupper N Sriram Balaji and Yuki Bhambri progressing to the boys’s doubles second spherical with their respective companions. Balaji, who has been doing nicely of late, and his Argentine associate Guido Andreozzi overcame a one-set deficit to beat New Zealand’s Marcus Daniell and Mexico’s Miguel Reyes-Varela 5-7 6-1 7-6 (12-6) in an in depth contest that lasted two hours and 36 minutes. Balaji had impressed on the French Open too the place he and Reyes-Varela had stretched Bopanna and Matthew Ebden in a gruelling contest on pink clay.
A great run on the US Open earlier than the Davis Cup tie towards Sweden will probably be preferrred preparation for Balaji, who will enter the rubber because the nation’s important doubles participant.
Bhambri, who has opted out of the tie, and his French associate Albano Olivetti additionally superior with a 6-3 6-4 win over native wildcards Ryan Seggerman and Patrik Trhac.
They will now tackle the American-Dutch mixture of Austin Krajicek and Jean-Julien Rojer within the second spherical.
Second seeds Bopanna and Ebden will open their marketing campaign on Thursday.
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