Yuki Bhambri was the only Indian to cross the first hurdle in the Australian Open tennis qualifiers on Wednesday, while Somdev Devvarman and Ramkumar Ramanathan bowed out.
Yuki knocked out Russian 15th seed Evgeny Donskoy 4-6, 6-1, 8-6 in his first round match. Devvarman lost 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 to lower-ranked American Austin Krajicek and Ramkumar lost to Nils Langer of Germany 7-5, 4-6, 6-4.