It’s been a long time since Yuki Bhambri had to face defeat on his home courts, and when he won the first set for the loss of just two games, it looked as though he was on course for the quarter-finals. However, Eros had a few tricks up his own sleeve — a powerful serve and a single-handed backhand together with booming groundstrokes — and though he managed to stretch the contest to three sets, Yuki managed to emerge a 6-2 2-6 6-3 winner in the end.

Unfazed by the loss of the first set, Eros began the second with a purpose to win. The depth of his groundstrokes was simply too much for his young opponent, and he fired off winners down the line and crosscourt every few points.

Breaks in the fifth and seventh games handed him the set easily enough, but the decider was a completely different story. With the momentum on his side, Eros began going for too much pace in the hunt for more unreturnable shots, and the errors kept piling up. He was broken in his first service game in the third set, and a single break was all Yuki needed to win the match.

Fifth seed Divij Sharan got past Mithun Murali in straight sets 6-3 6-3, and will play Yuki for a place in the semi-finals. Hyun-Woo Nam of Korea, seeded third, survived a second set tie-break against Karunuday Singh but eventually managed a 6-1 7-6 (2) victory.

Among other Indians in the fray, eight seed Purav Raja thrashed Vikram Reddy 6-3 6-2 and will now meet second seed Vishnu Vardhan, who defeated Ashutosh Singh 7-5 6-3.

Seventh seed Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan will be up against top seed Japanese Kento Takeuchi, who beat Indian Vivek Shokeen 6-3 6-4, in the quarter-final.

And sixth seed Rohan Gajjar made short work of Fariz Mohammed 6-3 6-3 to set up a quarter-final clash with Nam

Results (singles): Yuki Bhambri bt Tal Eros (ISR) 6-2 2-6 6-3; Kento Takeuchi (JPN) bt Vivek Shokeen 6-3 6-4; Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan bt Ronak Manuja 6-1 7-6 (8); Hyun-Woo Nam (KOR) bt Karunuday Singh 6-1 7-6 (2); Rohan Gajjar bt Fari Mohammed 6-3 6-3; Divij Sharan bt Mithun Murali 6-3 6-3; Purav Raja bt B Vikram Reddy 6-3 6-2; Vishnu Vardhan bt Ashutosh Singh 7-5 6-3.