Wimbledon: Yuki-Olivetti pair advances

LONDON: Yuki Bhambri and Frenchman Albano Olivetti impressed in their straight-set men's doubles win over the Kazakh duo of Alexander Bublik and Alexander Shevchenko in the Wimbledon first round.

The Indo-French combine came through 6-4, 6-4 in 58 minutes.

Bhambri and Olivetti had a strong serving day, winning 88 percent of points on first serves. In the second set, they didn't face breakpoints.

The Indo-French pair will play eighth-seeded Germans, Tim Puetz and Kevin Krawietz, in the second round.

In another first-round match, Sriram Balaji and Britain's Luke Johnson bowed out to the fourth-seeded Croatian-Salvadorian pair of Mate Pavic and Marcelo Arevalo 4-6, 5-7 in 75 minutes.