Yuki Bhambri (Image credit: X)
But beyond the fact that the 34-year-old wasn’t racing across the court, there was little to suggest the Indian was carrying an injury, having strained his quadriceps during his last tournament outing in Winston-Salem. 1, who called on Venus to take on the running whenever a shot demanded significant ground coverage. India take on South Korea in the second round of the Davis Cup qualifiers on September 18-19 in Seoul, with the tennis competition at the Asian Games in Nagoya beginning a week later. In another men’s doubles first-round match at the US Open, alternates Anirudh Chandrasekar and Russia’s Ivan Liutarevich went down to the British pairing of Arthur Fery and Joshua Paris 4-6, 7-5, 4-6.
“I’m limited in what I can do movement-wise even on in doubles, I can’t really sprint for drop shots and go for a lot of balls,” said the India No. So it is not a good idea to keep going, playing in pain, taking painkillers,” he said. “I can’t see myself missing the Asian Games,” Bhambri said.
NEW YORK CITY: Yuki Bhambri’s right leg, from the knee upwards, was firmly taped. “At some point I have to figure that out, I will have to take some sort of a break. I will need a little bit of time to recover. The tennis calendar is non-stop till about the end of November. “I’ve been looking forward to that for a couple of years. Davis Cup is a big one too, we will have to see. I’m probably going to have a couple of days break now, so I’ll see how it goes and then just sort of take it from there, day by day.