Yuki Bhambri Cruises Into Miami Open Second Round

Indian tennis ace Yuki Bhambri continued his rich vein of form as he swept aside Mirza Basic of Bosnia-Herzegovina in straight sets to storm into the second round of the Miami Open here on Friday.

The 25-year-old looked dominant throughout the match as he registered a comfortable 7-5, 6-3 win over Basic in a one-sided opening round clash that lasted one hour and 32 minutes.

The match saw Bhambri save five of the seven break points against his Bosnian opponent besides managing to win 71 percent of his second serve points and saved five of the seven break points.

The second set was a slightly easier affair as Bhambri broke Basic in the very first game. Bhambri will now lock horns with eighth-seed American Jack Sock, who had received a bye in the first round.

Earlier, Bhambri made it to the main draw of the men's singles event of the ATP Miami Masters after winning the two qualifying matches without dropping a serve.

While the Indian tennis player dispatched Renzo Olivo of Argentina 6-4 6-1 in the opening qualifying round, he eased past Sweden's Elias Ymer 7-5, 6-2 in the second and final qualifying match to make it to the main event.

The Indian player had last week also qualified for the main draw of the Indian Wells Master and made it to the round-of-32 of the tournament before going down to America's Sam Querrey 7-6, 4-6, 4-6.Next up for him is Sock with Bhambri holding a 1-0 head-to-head advantage. The Indian had beaten Sock in 2013 in a Challenger event.

Well done Yuki!