Ramkumar in quarterfinals of Challenger in Japan

Davis Cupper Ramkumar Ramanathan outplayed eighth seed Jay Clarke of Britain 6-3, 6-3 in the pre-quarterfinals of the $54,160 Challenger tennis tournament in Kobe, Japan, on Thursday.

In the quarterfinals, Ramkumar will challenge second seed Yuichi Sugita of Japan.

Ramkumar made the doubles semifinals in partnership with Purav Raja, as the duo beat the Koreans, Nam Ji Sung and Song Min-Kyu, 10-7 in the super tie-break.

In the ITF men’s Futures in Kuwait, Adil Kalyanpur knocked out the top seed Aziz Dougaz of Tunisia 7-6(3), 6-4 to make the quarterfinals.

The results:

$54,160 Challenger, Kobe, Japan
Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Ramkumar Ramanathan bt Jay Clarke (GBR) 6-3, 6-3.

Doubles (quarterfinals): Purav Raja & Ramkumar Ramanathan bt Nam Ji Sungh & Song Min-Kyu (KOR) 7-5, 2-6, [10-7]; Andre Goransson (SWE) & Christopher Rungkat (INA) bt Enrique Lopez Perez (ESP) & Arjun Kadhe 6-4, 6-2.

$15,000 ITF men, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Jesper De Jong (NED) bt Haadin Bava 6-4, 7-6(4).

$15,000 ITF men, Meshref, Kuwait
Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Adil Kalyanpur bt Aziz Dougaz (TUN) 7-6(3), 6-4.

Doubles (quarterfinals): Alec Adamson (US) & Simon Freund (SWE) bt Daisuke Sumizawa (JPN) & Kunal Anand 7-5, 6-3.

$15,000 ITF men, Maputo, Mozambique
Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Benjamin Lock (ZIM) bt Prithvi Sekhar 6-2, 6-2; Hamid Reza Nadaf (IRI) bt Jatin Dahiya 7-6(5), 6-2; Takanyi Garanganga (ZIM) bt Rishab Agarwal 6-4, 6-2.

Doubles (quarterfinals): SD Prajwal Dev & Rishi Reddy bt Aziz Ouakaa (TUN) & Rishab Agarwal 7-6(6), 6-3.

$15,000 ITF women, Monastir, Tunisia
Singles (first round): Lucrezia Stefanini (Ita) bt Humera Shaik 6-4, 6-4.

Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Iana Tishchenko (MDA) & Camila Zanolini (ITA) bt Mey Ayari (TUN) & Humera Shaik 6-3, 7-5.

(Courtesy: The Hindu)