National champion Arvind Bhat has reached the pre-quarterfinals of the Australian Open badminton tournament. In Melbourne on Wednesday, he beat Iranian Kaveh Mehrabi in the second round 21-14 21-16. Arvind had defeated USA's Nicholas Jinadasa 21-19 21-5 in the first round. Arvind was the lone survivor from India in men's singles as his colleagues RMV Gurusai Datt, Aditya Elango and Eshan Naqvi lost their respective matches.Datt lost to China's Yi Lu 11-21 18-21, Elango was shown the door by Tommy Sugiarto of Indonesia 12-21 5-21, while Naqvi was knocked out by Hong Kong's Yan Kit Chan 7-21 8-21.Arvind had defeated USA's Nicholas Jinadasa 21-19 21-5 in the first round.