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\"yukiChennai: Indian tennis player Yuki Bhambri<\/strong><\/a> defeated compatriot and local boy Ramkumar Ramanathan 6-1, 6-1, but Saketh Myneni’s was beaten 4-6, 3-6 by seventh seeded Mikhail Youzhny in the Round of 32 matches of the 22nd Chennai Open here on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Myneni fought hard but the 57th-ranked Russian was too much for the 192 ranked Indian who succumbed in 1 hour and 256 seconds.<\/p>\n

The Russian managed to convert two of the eight break points received to pocket the match, winning 72 of 131 (55 per cent) total points played.<\/p>\n

Bhambri displayed a compact, all-round game to overwhelm wild card Ramanathan in just 53 minutes at the SDAT Stadium.<\/p>\n

The 24-year-old broke Ramanathan thrice in the first set and twice in the second, not giving him any chance to even put up a fight.<\/p>\n

He played solidly from the back of the court, but kept looking for opportunities to rush towards the net to set up easy winners.<\/p>\n

“I just didn’t take my foot off the gas. I knew that Ram is a tough guy to play, especially in Chennai, and I didn’t want to give him anything to fight back with,” said Bhambri.<\/p>\n

“I am match sharp. But I need to be more consistent on the court. So the plan is to get more matches under my belt, do more preparation for the tougher games ahead,” he added.<\/p>\n

Commenting on the game, Ramanathan said: “Bhambri played a smart, aggressive game. He got all his first serves in, while I had a very bad match. It was a bad day for me.”<\/p>\n

“I started off badly, losing my first game itself. I got a whiff of a chance in the first game of the second set but Bhambri put pressure on me while I was defensive,” he added.<\/p>\n

Earlier in the day, world No. 101 Alja\u017e Bedene of Great Britain pulled off a minor upset by defeating Spain’s No. 70 Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-3, 6-3 to keep the opening day trend of lower-ranked players ruling the roost.<\/p>\n

Slovenia-born Bedene, who was the last player to gain direct entry into the main draw following the injury-induced withdrawal of Tommy Robredo, exhibited a compact, all- round game to get the better of the lanky Spanish veteran, once ranked World No. 23, in one hour 14 minutes.<\/p>\n

Argentina’s Renzo Olivo and Taiwan’s Yen-Hsun Lu, however, broke the trend by romping to facile victories.<\/p>\n

Olivo stormed past the tournament’s youngest player Casper Ruud 7-6 (3), 6-2 in just over 1 hour and 19 minutes, while Yen-Hsun Lu of Taiwan thumped Radu Albot of Moldova 6-2, 6-1 in just over an hour.<\/p>\n

Also read: Tennis stars add glitter to Chennai Open fashion show<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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