French Open 2018

[PKBasu]

Raja/Martin save a BP and hold. 5-3
Bhambri/Sharan save three BPs and hold to take the first set 6-3

[PKBasu]

Yuki/Divij won a humdinger 63 57 64

[bujilover]

Divij is in the XD draw partnering Japanese Shuko Aoyama.

[sameerph]

Divij-Purav together reached R16 last year at French open. So, they had 180 points to defend here. Divij defend 90 of those at least, next match is going to be very tough. Purav loses all of his points. In live rankings, Purav is now 75. Needs to pick up some points quickly. Else, he will find it difficult to get into slams and ATP tour events.

[PKBasu]

Yes, Divij/Purav made R3 at Wimbledon too last year, so they have a lot of points to defend.
Divij is now at 43, Leander at 57, Purav at 75, Vishnu 99 (career high), Balaji 103 (new career high) and Jeevan 107.

[jaydeep]

Rohan-Edouard r facing local wild-card pair and their match is later in the day, but Yuki-Divij having a tough match against 2nd seeds in the second round.

Divij is also getting opportunity of playing MXD with his Japanese partner Aoyama and they r facing experienced doubles players, Srebotnik and Gonzalez.

Men's Doubles
[R2] (13) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) vs (WC) Benjamin Bonzi (FRA)/ Gregoire Jacq (FRA)
[R2]Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs (2) Oliver Marach (AUT)/ Mate Pavic (CRO)

Mixed Doubles
[R1] Shuko Aoyama (JPN)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs Katarina Srebotnik (SLO)/ Santiago Gonzalez (MEX)

[prashanthm]

[R2] (13) Rohan Bopanna (IND) / Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) d. (WC) Benjamin Bonzi (FRA) / Gregoire Jacq (FRA) 61 62

Easy win for Bops/ERV

[jaydeep]

Yes, expected comfortable win for Rohan-Edouard against local wild-card pair inside 50 mins ... In the third round, they can face a tough match against top-seeds Melo and Kubot .

[prashanthm]

Tomorrow's Schedule

Men's Doubles

[R2] Yuki Bhambri (IND) / Divij Sharan (IND) v. (2) Oliver Marach (AUT)/ Mate Pavic (CRO) - Ct 6 - First match

Mixed Doubles

[R1] Shuko Aoyama (JPN)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs Katarina Srebotnik (SLO)/ Santiago Gonzalez (MEX) - Ct 14 - 4th match
[R1] (7) Timea BABOS (HUN) / Rohan BOPANNA (IND) v. Shuai ZHANG (CHN) / John PEERS (AUS) - Ct 14 - 3rd match

[PKBasu]

Bopanna is the reigning MxD champion here —although he has broken up with Dabrowski, the partner with whom he won the title last year. (They met each other on opposite sides of the AO final this year and Dabrowski emerged the winner).

[PKBasu]

Divij/Yuki lost to the second seeded Marach/Pavic 57 36

[suresh]

Divij/Yuki lost to the second seeded Marach/Pavic 57 36

Onward to Surbiton for Yuki.

[prashanthm]

[R2] Yuki Bhambri (IND) / Divij Sharan (IND) l. (2) Oliver Marach (AUT) / Mate Pavic (CRO) 57 36

Yuki's nerves did it again.....
Yuki/Divij were up an early break in the very first game and were leading 4-2, they not only lost the break but also the set when Divij was serving at 5-6 due to some errors at the net from Yuki...
Yuki can do wonders when he is focused, but he needs to fix his mental game and body language...

On to the grass courts for Yuki!

GL for Divij for MXD!

[jayakris]

Yuki can do wonders when he is focused, but he needs to fix his mental game and body language...

I think the body language (when the ball is not in play) is not as much of an issue. I think we have seen enough of him to know that it just his style. He has some of that same language when he is winning too, but you are right about the focus. That is an issue. He can lose focus every now and then for certain periods. I am not talking about just an error or two (some of which could even be forced), but what we sometimes see as a lack of focus for noticeable periods of several points, when he could simply mishit shots like he shouldn't, if he is focused.

[S_K_S]

Raw deal for Divij. I think he can find a better partner who will allow him to go deep into a slam. You can't dabble in doubles and go deep with all the hot pairings out there.