India's Yuki Bhambri and his American partner Robert Galloway progressed to the second round of men's doubles event at the Wimbledon with straight-sets win over Romain Arneodo of Monaco and Manuel Guinard of France on Wednesday.
The 16th-seeded Indo-American pair defeated Arneodo and Guinard 7-6(8), 6-4 in a first-round match that lasted one hour and 49 minutes.
Yuki and Galloway will next take on the winner of the match between the Dutch combination of Robin Haase and Jean-Julien Rojer and American Marcos Giron and Nuno Borges of Portugal in the next round.
However, multiple Grand Slam champion Rohan Bopanna and his Belgian partner Sander Gillé lost to German third seeds Kevin Krawietz and Tim Puetz 3-6, 4-6 in straight sets to bow out in the opening round.
Another Indian Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli and his Colombian partner Nicolás Barrientos pipped Alexandre Muller of France and Belgium's David Goffin 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (13-11) in a gruelling three setter.