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Yuki Bhambri pulls out of Chennai Open due to elbow injury

India's top singles player Yuki Bhambri has withdrawn from the 2016 Chennai Open due to an elbow injury.

Yuki Bhambri pulls out of Chennai Open due to elbow injury

New Delhi: India's top singles player Yuki Bhambri has withdrawn from the 2016 Chennai Open due to an elbow injury.

Yuki, 23, took to took to micro-blogging site Twitter to share the disappointing news, and said, "Unfortunately my recovery has taken longer than I expected and so will not be able to play in Chennai this year...."

In a breakthrough year, Yuki broke into top-100 in 2015. He also captured two Challenger singles titles.

Chennai Open starts on January 4 next next year will have top players like world no. 4 Stanislas Wawrinka, world no. 12 Kevin Anderson and 19th ranked Benoit Paire taking part in the tournament.