<p>New York: India's doubles players made a promising start at the US Open with Davis Cupper N Sriram Balaji and Yuki Bhambri progressing to the men's doubles second round with their respective partners here.</p><p>Balaji, who has been doing well of late, and his Argentine partner 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 a close contest that lasted two hours and 36 minutes.</p><p>Balaji had impressed at the French Open too where he and Reyes-Varela had stretched Bopanna and Matthew Ebden in a gruelling contest on clay.</p>.US Open 2024: Defending champion Coco Gauf roars past Tatjana Maria into third round.<p>A good run at the US Open before the Davis Cup tie against Sweden will be ideal preparation for Balaji, who will enter the rubber as the country's main doubles player.</p><p>"It was a close match. Especially my partner and Micky were ex partners and it was mentally not easy for him. We lost a close first set where we had couple of break chances and we couldn't convert.</p><p>"Final set we were serving for the match and the momentum shifted. I'm happy that we stayed strong and pulled it off," Balaji told PTI.</p><p>Bhambri, who has opted out of the tie, and his French partner Albano Olivetti also advanced with a 6-3 6-4 win over local wildcards Ryan Seggerman and Patrik Trhac.</p><p>They will now take on the American-Dutch combination of Austin Krajicek and Jean-Julien Rojer in the second round.</p><p>Second seeds Bopanna and Ebden will open their campaign on Thursday. </p>
<p>New York: India's doubles players made a promising start at the US Open with Davis Cupper N Sriram Balaji and Yuki Bhambri progressing to the men's doubles second round with their respective partners here.</p><p>Balaji, who has been doing well of late, and his Argentine partner 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 a close contest that lasted two hours and 36 minutes.</p><p>Balaji had impressed at the French Open too where he and Reyes-Varela had stretched Bopanna and Matthew Ebden in a gruelling contest on clay.</p>.US Open 2024: Defending champion Coco Gauf roars past Tatjana Maria into third round.<p>A good run at the US Open before the Davis Cup tie against Sweden will be ideal preparation for Balaji, who will enter the rubber as the country's main doubles player.</p><p>"It was a close match. Especially my partner and Micky were ex partners and it was mentally not easy for him. We lost a close first set where we had couple of break chances and we couldn't convert.</p><p>"Final set we were serving for the match and the momentum shifted. I'm happy that we stayed strong and pulled it off," Balaji told PTI.</p><p>Bhambri, who has opted out of the tie, and his French partner Albano Olivetti also advanced with a 6-3 6-4 win over local wildcards Ryan Seggerman and Patrik Trhac.</p><p>They will now take on the American-Dutch combination of Austin Krajicek and Jean-Julien Rojer in the second round.</p><p>Second seeds Bopanna and Ebden will open their campaign on Thursday. </p>