Yuki Bhambri tamed Yoshihito Nishioka of Japan in the first round of the $150,000 Challenger tournament here on Tuesday. Yuki wrestled past Nishioka 3-6, 7-6(6), 3-0 when the Asian Games gold medallist retired.
The results:
$150,000 Challenger, Busan: First round: Yuki Bhambri bt Yoshihito Nishioka (Jpn) 3-6, 7-6(6), 3-0 (retired).
$75,000 Challenger, Samarkand, Uzbekistan: First round (qualifying singles, final round): Sriram Balaji bt Tristan Lamasine (Fra) 6-1, 7-5; Manuel Pena Lopez (Arg) bt Sasi Kumar Mukund 6-4, 7-6(5).
$15,000 ITF men, Kampala: First round: Ajeet Rai (NZ) bt Jayesh Pungliya 6-2, 6-3; V.M. Ranjeet bt Vasisht Cheruku 6-1, 4-6, 6-2; David Perez Sanz (Esp) bt Rishi Reddy 6-4, 6-3.
$15,000 ITF men, Thua Thien Hue, Vietnam: First round: Abhinav Sanjeev Shanmugam bt Jae-Min Seol (Kor) 6-2, 6-1; Paramveer Singh Bajwa bt Ku Keon Kang (Kor) 6-2, 7-6(5); Karunuday Singh bt Nitin Kumar Sinha 6-3, 6-2. Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Jeremy Beale (Aus) & Karunuday Singh bt P. Borisutpong & Nawakarn Khunjan (Tha) 6-4, 6-1.
$25,000 ITF women, Wuhan, China: First round: Rutuja Bhosale bt Yanni Liu (Chn) 6-3, 7-5; Wushuang Zheng (Chn) bt Karman Kaur Thandi 4-1 (retd.).
