Yuki had skipped the Bangalore Challenger to recover from niggles but made a fluent start at the Pune Challenger today with a 6-3 6-3 win over local wild card Anvit Bendre.
Saketh Myneni, who has become India's second-highest ranked singles player, also dropped two places to 168 while Somdev Devvarman remained unchanged at 181.
In the doubles, Rohan Bopanna rose a rung to 14 and remain country's highest ranked player. He was followed by Leander Paes at number 36 and Purav Raja, who dropped to 99.
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