Mishra had a productive day for Indian tennis players at the ATP Tour tournament on Wednesday. Indian tennis star Yuki Bhambari and his French partner Albano Olivetti reached the quarter-finals of the ASB Classic tennis tournament played in Auckland.
Bhambri and Olivetti defeated the pair of Sander Arends and Luke Johnson. The India-France pair won in straight sets 6-4, 6-4. They succeeded in knocking out their rival pair in a match that lasted just 71 minutes. Bhambri and Olivetti will now face the winner of the match between Julian Cash and Leog Glasspool and Arij Rai and Kiranpal Pannu. On the other hand, India’s N. Sriram Balaji and his Mexican partner Miguel Reyel Varela were thrown out of the competition after their defeat. Despite winning the first set, they lost to the fourth seeded pair of Harry Heliovara and Henry Patton. Their match lasted for one hour and 23 minutes. Balaji will now represent India against Togo in the Davis Cup.
