Ramkumar sizzles in Chinese Taipei
Davis Cupper Ramkumar Ramanathan fought his way past wild card entrant Chien-Hsun Lo of Chiense Taipei 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 to make the quarterfinals of the $162,480 Challenger tennis tournament in Chinese Taipei on Thursday.
In the quarterfinals, Ramkumar will play Kwon Soonwoo of Korea who knocked out the top-seed Lloyd Harris of South Africa 7-5, 6-7(3), 6-3.
In the ATP event in Morocco, second seeds, Rohan Bopanna in partenrship with Dominic Inglot of Britain got beaten 6-3, 6-7(2), 10-7 by Jurgen Melzer and Franko Skugor in the doubles quarterfinals.
The Austrian-Croat pair will challenge Leander Paes and Benoit Paire in the semifinals.
In the tour event in Houston, Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Purav Raja went down fighting against the top seeds, the Bryan twins, Bob and Mike, 7-6(5), 6-3. The Bryans converted two of 10 breakpoints in the match, and did not face a single breakpoint.
In the $25,000 ITF men’s Futures in Shymkent, Kazakhstan, Sidharth Rawat bounced back were disillusioning start to outsmart Grigoriy Lomakin of Kazakhstan 0-6, 6-2, 6-2. In the quarterfinals, Sidharth will play the Russian top seed Roman Safiullin.
The results:
€586,140 ATP, Marrakech, Morocco
Doubles (quarterfinals): Jurgen Melzer (AUT) & Franko Skugor (CRO) bt Rohan Bopanna 6-3, 6-7(2), 10-7.
$652,245 ATP, Houston, US
Doubles (quarterfinals): Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan (US) bt Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan & Purav Raja 7-6(5), 6-3.
$162,480 Challenger, Chinese Taipei
Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Ramkumar Ramanathan bt Chien-Hsun Lo (TPE) 4-6, 6-3, 6-2; Second round: Ramkumar Ramanathan bt Maverick Banes (AUS) 6-3, 6-2.
$25,000 ITF women, Hong Kong
Doubles (quarterfinals): Olivia Tjandramulia (AUS) & Rutuja Bhosale bt Shuyue Ma &YeXin Ma (CHN) 7-5, 6-4.
$25,000 ITF women, Osaka, Japan
Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Mayo Hibi (JPN) bt Pranjala Yadlapalli 6-1, 6-3.
$25,000 ITF men, Shymkent, Kazakhstan
Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Sidharth Rawat bt Grigoriy Lomakin (KAZ) 0-6, 6-2, 6-2.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Sagadat Ayap (KAZ) & George Tsivadze (GEO) bt Sidharth Rawat & Manish Sureshkumar 6-2, 7-5.
$25,000 ITF men, Abuja, Nigeria
Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Arjun Kadhe bt Guy Orly Iradukunda (BDI) 6-2, 6-2.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Benjamin Lock & Courtney John Lock (ZIM) bt Kunal Anand & Suraj Prabodh 7-6(9), 6-3..
$15,000 ITF men, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
Singles (first round): Luka Pavlovic (FRA) bt SD Prajwal Dev 6-3, 6-1.
Doubles (quarterfinals): Vasisht Cheruku & SD Prajwal Dev bt Michal Dembek & Yann Wojcik (Pol) 6-1, 6-3.
(Courtesy: The Hindu)
