Image Source : PTI Yuki Bhambri
Comeback-man Yuki Bhambri proved he’s again to his greatest with a convincing win over India primary Prajnesh Gunneswaran within the Qualifiers of the Dubai Duty Free Championships, right here on Saturday.
Yuki, who’s competing on a Protected Ranking (PR) knocked out his seventh seed compatriot 6-1 6-4 within the opening spherical of the USD 2,048,855 laborious court docket event.
Yuki has not misplaced to Prajnesh in three conferences. He had crushed the left-hander twice in 2017 — Bangalore and Karshi.
Yuki not too long ago returned to aggressive tennis after greater than two years of injury-forced break when he competed on the Singapore Open, the place he misplaced to Matthew Ebden.
The 28-year-old is now up towards one other compatriot Ramkumar Ramanathan, who knocked out sixth seed Russian Evgeny Donskoy 6-4-6-4.
In his 5 matches towards Ramkumar, Yuki has emerged winner on 4 events.
The all-Indian second spherical signifies that no less than one participant from nation will compete in the principle draw of the celebrated ATP 500 occasion.