Yuki Bhambri wins Futures title in Hong Kong

Third seed Yuki Bhambri beat second seed Shintaro Imai of Japan 6-4, 7-5 in the final of the $10,000 ITF men’s Futures tennis tournament in Hong Kong on Sunday.

Yuki Bhambri won his 11th ITF Futures title on Sunday.

Third seed Yuki Bhambri beat second seed Shintaro Imai of Japan 6-4, 7-5 in the final of the $10,000 ITF men’s Futures tennis tournament in Hong Kong on Sunday.

The 534th ranked Yuki converted three of the four breakpoints that he forced in a match that lasted nearly two hours, and dropped serve once. It was the 11th singles title in the Futures circuit for Yuki, who has five Challenger titles as well.

The 24-year-old Yuki had won two Challenger singles titles last year on way to reaching a career-best rank of 88. However, a painful tennis elbow took him away from the professional circuit for most of the season this year and forced him to miss three Grand Slams after he had competed at the Australian Open without any preparation.