Yuki Bhambri upsets Tursunov, Divij bows out

Yuki Bhambri shocked third seed Dmitry Tursunov to progress to the second round in the ongoing ATP Challenger event but his doubles partner Divij Sharan went down fighting against sixth seed Yuichi Sugita on Tuesday. Yuki recorded a hard-fought 6-4, 7-6 (5) win over the formidable Russian opponent, who was once a top-20 player in the world, in the first round of the USD 100,000 hard court event. Tursunov is currently ranked 119 while Yuki is 181. It was the second meeting between the two and the head-to-head score is now tied 1-1. Their first match was in 2010 in Thailand when Tursunov beat Bhambri in straight sets.Yuki next plays Korean wild card Nam Ji Sung. Left-handed Divij pushed his Japanese opponent hard before losing 2-6, 7-5, 4-6 in his opening round match.