Yuki will take on Israel’s Tal Eros for a place in the quarter-final on Wednesday.

Ashutosh cruises
Ashutosh Singh also had a fairly easy time against Ankit Sachdeva as he dropped just two games in a 6-1 6-1 win to reach the second round. Vivek Shokeen was playing the same opponent — Vijayant Malik of Chandigarh — in a week, and while in the last meeting, Shokeen had taken three sets to win, on Tuesday, he had it easy as he chalked out a 6-2 6-3 victory. Shokeen now faces top seed Kento Takeuchi.

Karunuday Singh, who reached the main draw after coming through the qualifying rounds, pulled off a good win against Uzbekistan’s Vaja Uzakov, dominating in a 6-1 6-4 victory.

Results (singles): Yuki Bhambri bt Nihal Kapoor 6-2 6-0; Kento Takeuchi (Japan) bt Navdeep Singh 6-3 7-6 (0); Vivek Shokeen bt Vijayant Malik 6-2 6-3; VM Ranjeet bt PC Vignesh 3-6 6-3 6-1; Karunuday Singh bt Vaja Uzakov (Uzbekistan) 6-1 6-4; Fariz Mohammed bt Ashwin Vijayragavan 7-6 (0) 1-0 retired; Rohan Gajjar bt Nikunj Siwach 6-3 1-2 retired; Divij Sharan bt Maniel Bains (Great Britain) 6-4 6-1; Mithun Murali bt Kaza Vinayak Sharma 6-4 6-2; Tal Eros (Israel) bt Vijay Sundar Prashanth 1-6 7-6 (5) 2-1 retired; Purav Raja bt Srirambalaji Narayanaswamy 6-3 6-2; Ashutosh Singh bt Ankit Sachdeva 6-1 6-1; Vishnu Vardhan bt Rohan Gide 6-3 6-2.