Melbourne: Indian tennis player Yuki Bhambri defeated seventh seed Stefan Kozlov of America to advance into the second round of the Australian Open qualifiers here on Wednesday.

The 53-ranked Bhambri outplayed Kozlov 6-1, 6-4 in the opening round match.

He will now take on Serbia's Pedja Krstin, who defeated Czech Republic's Zdenek Konar 3-6, 6-1, 7-5 in his opening round.

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In another match, Saketh Myneni lost to Peter Gojowczyk of Germany and bowed out of the tournament.

Myneni was beaten by 0-6, 2-6 against 189th ranked German player.