Yuki enters quarterfinal of ITF tournament

NEW DELHI: Yuki Bhambri survived some anxious moments before overcoming Israeli Tal Eros in a thrilling three-setter to reach the quarterfinals of the USD 15,000 ITF Futures tournament on Wednesday.
Fourth seed Yuki, who won an ITF event last week, outlasted qualifier Eros 6-2, 2-6, 6-3 in a battle of nerves to set up a last eight clash with compatriot Divij Sharan on Thursday.
Fifth seed Sharan beat fellow Indian Mithun Murali 6-3, 6-3 in another pre-quarterfinal match on Wednesday.
Among others Indians in the fray, eight seed Purav Raja thrashed Vikram Reddy 6-3, 6-2 and will 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 quarterfinal.
Sixth seed Rohan Gajjar made short work of Fariz Mohammed 6-3, 6-3 to set up a quarterfinal clash with Korean Hyun-Woo Nam who saw off Karunuday Singh.