Tennis

Winston-Salem Open: Bhambri-Venus pair crash out in semis

Indian-Kiwi pair lose to Brazil's Matos-Melo 7-6(4), 2-6, 11-13.

Yuki Bhambri with partner Michael Venus. (Photo credit: @sarika_reddy_sunki)

The Bridge Desk

Updated: 23 Aug 2025 10:50 AM GMT

Indian tennis ace Yuki Bhambri and his partner Michael Venus of New Zealand crashed out of the men’s doubles semifinal of the 25 Winston-Salem Open in North Carolina, United States, on Saturday.

Indian-Kiwi pair lost to Brazil’s Rafael Matos and Marcelo Melo 7-6(4), 2-6, 11-13 in a hard-fought encounter lasting an hour and 48 minutes in the ATP 250 tournament.

ATP 250 Winston-Salem (USA): 🇮🇳 Yuki Bhambri/🇳🇿Michael Venus bow out in a heartbreaking semifinal defeat

The Indo-Kiwi duo had a match point at 10-9 in the super tiebreaker but couldn’t convert, eventually falling to Brazil’s Rafael Matos/Marcelo Melo in a nail-biting clash… pic.twitter.com/MOABbgTPO3
— Indian Tennis Daily (ITD) (@IndTennisDaily) August 23, 2025

Earlier, in the quarterfinal, the second-seeded pair of Bhambri-Venus got the better of Rohan Bopanna and Romain Arneodo in the straight-sets 7-6(2), 6-3.

Rafael Matos and Marcelo Melo will take on No. 3 seeds Francisco Cabral and Lucas Miedler in the championship match.