French Open: Bhambri-Galloway stun seventh seeds Mektic-Venus

Paris: India's Yuki Bhambri and his American partner Robert Galloway advanced to the third round of the French Open men's doubles with a thrilling three-set victory over seventh seeds Nikola Mektic and Michael Venus, in Paris, on Friday.

The Indo-American duo displayed nerves of steel to edge past the Croatian-Kiwi pair 6-7(4), 7-6(7), 6-3 in a closely-contested second-round match that lasted two hours and 32 minutes.

Bhambri and Galloway will next face the ninth-seeded American pair of Christian Harrison and Evan King for a place in the quarter-finals. (Agencies)

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