Top 3 upsets by Indian tennis players in 2018

Yuki Bhambri's backhand has been good during his victories in 2018
Yuki Bhambri's backhand has been good during his victories in 2018

1. Yuki Bhambri v Lucas Pouille, Indian Wells Masters

Yuki Bhambri's serve marked a slight improvement against Lucas Pouille
Yuki Bhambri's serve marked a slight improvement against Lucas Pouille

Yuki Bhambri's second appearance in this article is India's best match result of this year. After beating Nicolas Mahut in the first round of the Indian Wells Masters, he set up a contest with the-then No.12 Lucas Pouille. He got off to the perfect start as he broke his serve twice, including the first game of the match, to go 4-1 up.

Yuki took the 1st set 6-4 after being broken back once. In the second set too, he got an early break, but this time Pouille broke back to level things up at 3-3.

In the 9th game, Bhambri was relentless on the Frenchman's serve, picking up another break after 5 deuces! He showed no nerves whatsoever, holding to love to complete a memorable upset for him and for the Indian tennis enthusiasts.

Yuki Bhambri had a lot more first serves in with 76% of them landing inside the service box and that was one of the factors in his victory.

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