Ramkumar Ramanathan defeated by Alexander Bublik in first round of Qatar Open

India’s Ramkumar Ramnathan, world no. 201, was defeated by Kazakhstan’s Alexander Bublik, world no. 44, in straight sets 4-6, 2-6 in a first round encounter at the ATP Tour Qatar ExxonMobile Open that lasted one hour and 13 minutes in Doha, Qatar.

Bublik managed to convert half of the chances he got as break points while Ramanathan failed to convert any of the four break points he got. Bublik had seven aces and two double faults during the match and Ramanathan smashed four aces but also suffered with her number of double faults (six).