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

Wimbledon Dreams Dashed: Bhambri and Galloway Suffer Tiebreak Loss

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. Galloway, who was playing with a strapped fractured finger, and Bhambri lost to the fourth-seeded Spanish-Argentinian duo of Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos in a tightly contested match that lasted two hours and 12 minutes. The final score was 4-6, 6-3, 6-7 (4-10).

The Bhambri-Galloway duo showed resilience, fighting back from a 2-5 deficit in the deciding set. However, Granollers and Zeballos proved too strong in the match tie-break, surging to a commanding 7-0 lead. While the Indo-American team struggled in the first set, they managed a crucial break in the sixth game of the second set to take a 4-2 advantage.

Galloway faced a setback in the fourth game of the third set when a Bhambri volley landed beyond the intended mark, causing them to fall behind 1-3, and later 2-5. Demonstrating their fighting spirit, Bhambri and Galloway rallied to win the subsequent three games, leveling the score and reigniting their hopes.

With Bhambri's exit, the Indian challenge at Wimbledon 2025 has come to an end. Looking ahead, Bhambri, 33, will team up with Kiwi Michael Venus. Bhambri acknowledged that the partnership with Galloway, which began in mid-April, was always intended to be a long-term arrangement.

The duo commenced their journey together in Munich in mid-April and participated in 10 tournaments. After early exits in their initial three tournaments, they participated in a Challenger event before reaching the final of the ATP 250 Series event in Mallorca leading up to Wimbledon.

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

Bhambri and Venus share a history that stretches back to 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."