Indian Wells

India’s top doubles player Yuki Bhambri and his partner Goran Göransson advanced to the quarterfinals of the men’s doubles event at the Indian Wells Masters with a straight-set win over Sander Arends and Jiří Lehečka.

The Indo-Swedish pair delivered a strong performance to register a 6-4, 6-4 victory in the pre-quarterfinal clash that lasted one hour and 14 minutes. Bhambri and Göransson did not face a single break point during the match and broke their opponents’ serve twice.

Maintaining control for most of the contest, they secured a crucial break in each set to wrap up the match in straight sets.

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Bhambri and Göransson will next face Alexander Erler of Austria and Andrea Vavassori of Italy in the quarterfinals of the prestigious ATP Masters 1000 tournament.