New Delhi: It was the DC Open in Washington in July 2025. For the first time since 2015, Yuki Bhambri and Michael Venus stood on the same side of the net. In 2014, they had reached the third round of the Australian Open and won the title in Chennai. Now, a decade later, the two good friends on tour were missing balls aplenty. The new pairing hadn’t quite found the footing on court as they had off it. Balls were going through the middle, they didn’t quite know who was going for what ball, both went after forehands and volleys. ‘Chaotic’ was the operative word. In seven matches -- played across Washington, Toronto, Cincinnati and Winston Salem -- they managed to win three and lost the remaining four by close margins in the Super Tiebreak (7-10, 10-12, 4-10, 11-13). Not the best of start

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