Wimbledon 2025: Bhambri and Galloway's Doubles Run Ends in Tiebreak Heartbreak

Bhambri and Galloway Suffer Tiebreak Defeat at Wimbledon

LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 07: Yuki Bhambri of India plays a forehand with Robert Galloway of United States against Marcel Granollers of Spain and Horacio Zeballos of Argentina during the Gentlemen's Doubles third round match on day eight of The Championships Wimbledon 2025 at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 07, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by Dan Istitene/Getty Images)

London: Despite a valiant effort, the pairing of India's Yuki Bhambri and American Robert Galloway were defeated in the third round of the Wimbledon men's doubles tournament. Galloway, who was playing with a strapped fractured finger, and Bhambri lost to the fourth-seeded Spanish-Argentinian team of Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos with a score of 4-6, 6-3, 6-7 (4-10). The match lasted two hours and 12 minutes.

The Indo-American duo displayed resilience, rallying from a 2-5 deficit in the final set. However, Granollers and Zeballos proved too strong in the match tie-break, establishing a commanding 7-0 lead. Bhambri and Galloway struggled to make an impact in the opening set but managed to break in the sixth game of the second, taking a 4-2 advantage.

The American's serve was broken in the fourth game of the third set after a Bhambri volley went long, putting the 16th seeds behind 1-3, and later 2-5. Showing their determination, Bhambri and Galloway fought back, winning the subsequent three games to level the score.

With Bhambri's elimination, the Indian presence at Wimbledon 2025 comes to an end. Looking ahead, the 33-year-old Indian player will be partnering with Kiwi Michael Venus. Bhambri indicated that the partnership with Galloway, which began in mid-April, was always intended to be a long-term arrangement.

They debuted as a team in Munich in mid-April and competed in 10 tournaments together. After early exits in their first three tournaments, they participated in a Challenger event and reached the final of the ATP 250 Series event in Mallorca leading up to Wimbledon.

"Mike was available, he is one of my closest friends on Tour," Bhambri explained, "At some point eventually we were always going to play together and this was an opportunity that we finally had. It just made sense.”

Bhambri and Venus have known each other since Bhambri's teenage years. "When he (Venus) started playing doubles, I was sort of the initial partner," Bhambri recalled, "We obviously had our first Grand Slam together, which has still been our best result to date in Australia, making the third round."