Yuki Bhambri has made a confident start at the ATP Shanghai Challenger event. In the opening round of the 50,000 US Dollar hard court tournament in Shanghai today, the fourth seed saw off the challenge of local wild card Zhizhen Zhang 6-2, 6-2. Yuki's next opponent is also from China, Ze Zhang. However, sixth seed Somdev Devvarman crashed out after losing to Colombia's Nicolas Barrientos 4-6, 6-2, 4-6 in the first round. Meanwhile, N Sriram Balaji qualified for the singles main darw with a 7-5, 6-4 win over New Zealand's Finn Tearney. But he drew compatriot and doubles partner Saketh Myneni as his first round rival. Myneni and Balaji made it to the doubles quarterfinals with a 2-6, 6-2, 10-6 win over Zhe Li and Hiroki Moriya.