Bhambri-Galloway duo goes down fighting

Yuki Bhambri in partnership with Robert Galloway got a second chance as lucky-loser but went down fighting to Taylor Fritz and Jiri Lehecka 6-4, 1-6, [8-10] in the doubles pre-quarterfinals of the €2,522,220 ATP tennis tournament in London.
Yuki and Galloway had lost the first round of the qualifying event to Rohan Bopanna and Sander Gille. The Indo-American pair did not win any ATP point but pocketed €`10,820.
The results:
€2,522,220 ATP, London, Britain
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Taylor Fritz (USA) & Jiri Lehecka (Cze) bt Yuki Bhambri & Robert Galloway (USA) 4-6, 6-1, [10-8].
€181,250 Challenger, Nottingham, Britain
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Jaime Faria (Por) & Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan bt Hendrik Jebens (Ger) & Albano Olivetti (Fra) 6-4, 1-6, [13-11].
€145,250 Challenger, Poznan, Poland
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Mateus Alves & Marcela Zormann (Bra) bt Anirudh Chandraskear & Ramkumar Ramanathan 7-6(5), 6-4; Sergio Gornes (Esp) & Vijay Sundar Prashanth bt Luca Sanchez (Fra) & Seita Watanabe (Jpn) 6-3, 6-2.
€54,000 Challenger, Royan, France
Doubles (quarterfinals): Adil Kalyanpur & Parikshit Somani bt Max Gurri & Nikolas Izquierdo (Esp) 6-3, 7-6(3).
$15,000 ITF men, Monastir, Tunisia
Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Dev Javia bt Tomas Luis (Por) 6-1, 6-3.
$30,000 ITF women, Chinese Taipei
Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Yeonwoo Ku (Tpe) bt Vaidehi Chaudhari 6-3, 6-1.
Doubles (quarterfinals): Alisa Kummel & Elina Nepliy bt Vaidehi Chaudhari & Natsumi Kawaguchi (Jpn) 6-3, 6-3.
$30,000 ITF women, Wichita, USA
Singles (first round): Sahaja Yamalapalli bt Solymar Colling (USA) 6-2, 6-2.
$30,000 ITF women, Tauste, Spain
Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Hiromi Abe (Jpn) bt Vaishnavi Adkar 6-3, 7-5.
Doubles (quarterfinals): Rutuja Bhosale & Ankita Raina bt Georgia Kalamaris (Fra) & Marina Oyonarte (Esp) 6-0, 6-0.
$15,000 ITF women, Monastir, Tunisia
Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Zeel Desai bt Loreana Donoso (Esp) 7-6(4), 6-4.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Julia Adams (USA) & Andre Lukosiute (Ltu) bt Helena Bueno (Bra) & Aaddi Gupta 6-0, 6-1.

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