NEW DELHI: India's Yuki Bhambri partnered with France's Albano Olivetti to achieve a remarkable victory, overcoming a first-set deficit to defeat third-seeded British pair Julian Cash and Llyod Glaspool in the ASB Classic ATP250 tournament in Auckland on Thursday.
The non-seeded combination of Bhambri and Olivetti secured their semifinal spot with scores of 3-6, 6-4, 12-10, displaying exceptional composure during a tense Super Tie Break in a contest lasting one hour and 21 minutes.
Their semifinal opponents will be the unseeded American pairing of Christian Harrison and Rajeev Ram, who earned their place by eliminating fourth-seeded French team Sadio Doumbia and Fabien Reboul with scores of 7-5, 6-7(4), 10-5 in their quarter-final match.
