Ramkumar kncoks out Jiri vesely in shenzhen ATP

Qualifier Ramkumar Ramanathan served well to beat former world No.35 Jiri Vesely of Czech Republbic 7-5, 6-1 in the first round of the ATP tennis tournament in Shenzhen, China, on Tuesday.

Ramkumar converted three of 14 braeakpoints to pull through and did not face a single breakpoint on his serve in the whole match, in asserting his authority against the 90th ranked Czech.

Meanwhile, Sriram Balaji and Rohan Bopanna combined smart to knock out second seeds Julio Peralta of Chile and Horacio Zeballos of Argentina 6-1, 5-7, 10-8 in the doubles pre-quarterfinals of the ATP Tour event in another part of China, Chengdu.

Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan partnered Austin Krajicek of the US to beat the third seeds Divij Sharan and Artem Sitak of New Zealand 10-7 in the super tie-break.

The results:

$1,183,360 ATP, Chengdu, China
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Austin Krajicek (US) & Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan bt Artem Sitak (Nzl) & Divij Sharan 3-6, 7-6(2), [10-7]; Sriram Balaji & Rohan Bopanna bt Julio Peralta (Chi) & Horacio Zeballos (ARg) 6-1, 5-7, [10-8].

$800,320 ATP, Shenzhen, China
Singles (first round): Ramkumar Ramanathan bt Jiri Vesely (Cze) 7-5, 6-1.

€ 127,000 Challenger men, Orleans, France
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Yannick Maden (Ger) & Tristan-Samuel Weissborn (Aut) bt Rameez Junaid (Aus) & Purav Raja 3-6, 6-3, 11-9.

$15,000 ITF men, Hua Hin, Thailand
Siingles (first round): Ryota Tanuma (Jpn) bt Suraj Prabodh 6-0, 6-0; Karunuday Singh bt Abhinav Sanjeev Shanmugam 6-2, 6-2; Sidharth Rawat bt Jirat Navasirisomboon (Tha) 4-6, 6-2, 6-3; Dalwinder Singh bt Ku Keon Kang (Kor) 6-4, 7-6(4).

$25,000 ITF women, Darwin, Australia
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Hiroko Kuwata (Jpn) & Rutuja Bhossale bt Gabriella Da Silva & Sara Tomic (Aus) 6-4,1 -6, [10-7].

Qualifying singles (third and final round): Kyoka Okamura (Jpn) bt Rutuja Bhosale 2-6, 6-2, 6-4.

$15,000 ITF women, Anning, China
Singles (first round): Sowjanya Bavisetti bt Yanni Liu (Chn) 6-4, 6-2.