NEW DELHI: Indian tennis star Yuki Bhambri, Fourth-seed in the ongoing tournament, outperformed Nihal Kapoor 6-2, 6-0 in the first round of the USD 15,000 ITF Futures tournament. Now he would play against Israel's Tal Eros in the second round.
Unseeded Eros declared winner of the first round match against N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth when the latter opted out of the contest. Eros was leading 1-6,7-6(5), 2-1. Yuki had skipped the junior Wimbledon championship and won last week's event to claim his third title on the men's circuit.
Now he is eyeing another title in his hands. Last week's finalist and sixth-seed Rohan Gajjar also booked a second round berth. He advanced when Nikunj Siwach retired while trailing 3-6, 1-2. Gajjar will take on Fariz Mohammed, who also moved to the next level when his opponent Ashwin Vijayragavan retired after losing the first set.
The score was 7-6(0), 1-0 in favour of Mohammed. National champion Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan, seventh seed, rallied to beat Vignesh Peranamallur-Chandrasekhar 3-6, 6-3, 6-1. However, it was all over for Navdeep Singh, who lost 3-6, 6-7 (0) to top-seed Japanese Kento Teakeuchi.
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