'Last time I was feeling exhausted after playing a lot of tournaments. I had a good break after that. I went to Florida to train and then played in the Challenger qualifiers in Kazakhstan, where I lost in the second round,' said Yuki who returned home last week.

'It is a totally a different level of at the Challengers. It's tougher than the ITF tournaments. Even though I was seeded in the qualifiers, I lost to a lower-ranked player.'

Yuki says the field in the ongoing ITF tournaments is the toughest he has seen in India this year.

'Even though it's only a $10,000 event, I think it is the toughest futures field we have had at the Futures level in India. There are quite a few Britons, Koreans, Americans in the draw. I don't think I will run into many Indian players this time. It is always tough to play foreign players even if its is your home city.'

'But I have done well here and I think I would be doing fine,' he said.