Tennis: Yuki Bhambri beat Prajnesh Gunneswaran in the Qualifiers of the Dubai Duty Free Championships today. Yuki knocked out Prajnesh 6-1, 6-4 in the opening round.

Yuki recently returned to competitive tennis after more than two years of injury-forced break when he competed at the Singapore Open, where he lost to Matthew Ebden.

The 28-year-old is now up against another compatriot Ramkumar Ramanathan, who knocked out sixth seed Russian Evgeny Donskoy 6-4, 6-4. The all-Indian second round means that at least one player from country will compete in the main draw of the prestigious ATP 500 event.