Ramkumar makes pre-quarterfinals in Japan

Davis Cupper Ramkumar Ramanathan beat Jumpei Yamasaki of Japan 6-4, 6-1 in the second round, after a bye in the first round, in the $54,160 Challenger tennis tournament in Kobe, Japan, on Tuesday.

Ramkumar will face eighth seed Jay Clarke of Britain in the pre-quarterfinals.

In a first round encounter, Arjun Kadhe was beaten 7-6(8), 6-3 by Patrik Niklas-Salminen of Finland.

Sasi Kumar Mukund managed to get into the $114,800 Challenger in Bratislava, as an alternate, but was beaten in the first round by Oscar Otte of Germany.

The results:
$114,800 Challenger, Bratislava, Slovakia
Singles (first round): Oscar Otte (GER) bt Sasi Kumar Mukund 6-1, 6-2.

$54,160 Challenger, Kobe, Japan
Singles (second round): Ramkumar Ramanathan bt Jumpei Yamasaki (JPN) 6-4, 6-1;
First round: Patrik Niklas-Salminen (FIN) bt Arjun Kadhe 7-6(8), 6-3.

Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Enrique Lopez Perez (ESP) & Arjun Kadhe bt Brydan Klein (GBR) w.o. Goncalo Oliveira (POR).

$15,000 ITF men, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
Qualifying singles (third and final round): Haadin Bava bt Yuichiro Inui (JPN) 4-6, 6-3, [10-7]; Second round: Haadin Bava bt Bastien Presuhn (GER) 6-4, 6-4; Moritz Trocker (ITA) bt Rishabdev Raman 6-4, 6-3; First round: Rishabdev Raman bt Vassili Psaltopoulos (GBR) 6-4, 6-2.

$15,000 ITF men, Meshref, Kuwait
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Daisuke Sumizawa (JPN) & Kunal Anand bt Worovin Kumithonkittikul & Chanchai Sookton-Eng (THA) 7-5, 6-1.

Qualifying singles (second and final round): Adil Kalyanpur bt Doru Junior Borsman 6-2, 6-2; Ishaque Eqbal bt Alen Rogic Hadzalic (CRO) 6-2, 7-5; Chanchai Sookton-Eng (THA) bt Anurag Nenwani 3-6, 6-3, [13-11].

First round: Adil Kalyanpur bt Abdulaziz Redha (KUW) 6-0, 6-3; Ishaque Eqbal bt Karl ADrian Ringdal Noerstenaes (NOR) 6-3, 6-3; Jirat Navasirisomboon (THA) bt shahbaaz Khan 7-6(3), 6-1; Aleksandre Bakshi (GEO) bt Yash Yadav 6-2, 6-0; Anurag Nenwani bt Hussen Alshati (KUW) 6-0, 6-0; Krittin Koaykul (THA) bt Satyansh Mani Tripathi 6-1, 6-0.

$15,000 ITF men, Maputo, Mozambique
Singles (first round): Jatin Dahiya bt Rishi Reddy 4-6, 7-6(2), 6-2; Kelsey Steenson (CAN) bt SD Prajwal Dev 6-4, 5-7, 6-3.

Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): SD Prajwal Dev & Rishi Reddy bt Raheel Manji (CAN) & Kelsey Stevenson (CAN) 7-6(4), 6-4; Aziz Ouakaa (TUN) & Rishab Agarwal bt Aniruch Chandrasekar & Tarun Anirudh Chilakalapudi 6-1, 6-0.

Qualifying singles (second and fiinal round): Prithvi Sekhar bt Michael-John Every (CUW) 6-7(6), 7-5, [10-5]; Patrick Foley (GBR) bt Gokul Suresh 6-4, 1-6, [10-5]; Alex Solanki bt Vasilios Caripi (RSA) 6-1, 3-6, [10-6]; Raheel Manji (CAN) bt Arpit Sharma 6-2, 6-0; Atharva Sharma bt Taha Kapadia 6-7(3), 6-1, [10-5].

First round: Prithvi Sekhar bt Badru Tosa (MOZ) 6-1, 6-1; Gokul Suresh bt Richaad Kamissa (MOZ) 6-1, 6-1; Vasilios Caripi (RSA) bt Gunjan Jadhav 6-3, 6-1; Alex Solanki bt Francis Pare (CAN) 7-5, 6-4; Arpit Sharma bt Lefa Ashley Sibanda (BOT) 6-1, 6-2; Taha Kapadia bt Kevin Cheruiyot (KEN) 6-2, 6-0; Atharva Sharma bt Ansu Bhuyan 4-6, 6-4, [10-6]; Ibrahim Kibet Yego (KEN) bt Tarun Anirudh Chilakalapudi 6-4, 6-1.

$15,000 ITF men, Monastir, Tunisia
Qualifying singles (second round): Athanassios Manekas (GRE) bt Koonwar Gupta 6-4, 6-3; First round: Koonwar Gupta bt Sebastian Zapata (CAN) 6-1, 6-1.

$25,000 ITF women, Hua Hin, Thailand
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Tamachan Momkoonthod & Wwatsachol Sawatdee (THA) bt Abigail Tere-Apisah (PNG) & Prarthana Thombare 2-6, 6-4, [10-7]; Georgia Andreea Craciun (ROU) & Eva Guerrero Alvarez (Esp) bt Nikita Uberoi (US) & Ashmitha Easwaramurthi 6-2, 7-5.

Qualifying singles (first round): Abigail Tere-Apisah (PNG) bt Ashmitha Easwaramurthi 6-1, 6-2.


$15,000 ITF women, Monastir, Tunisia
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Iana Tishchenko (MDA) & Camilla Zanolini (ITA) bt Mey Ayari (TUN) & Humera Shaik 6-3, 7-5.

Qualifying singles (second and final round): Humera Shaik bt Jenifer Anger (FRA) 7-5, 6-3.

(Courtesy: The Hindu)