Tag: RAMKUMAR RAMANATHAN

The Indian tennis squad was in for a pleasant surprise when it found out that the indoor hard court for the upcoming Davis Cup tie against Finland was not as fast as it was expected and carries low bounce. The Indian players on Tuesday got a chance to practice on the match court, which has been laid temporarily on carpet

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India’s Ramkumar Ramanathan and N Sriram Balaji on Saturday lifted the doubles title at the ATP Cassis Challenger event with a three-set win over Mexican pair of Hans Hach Verdugo and Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela. The third seed Indian pair defeated the second seed rivals 6-4, 3-6, 10-6 in the title clash of the €44820 hard court tournament. They split €2670

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By Saurabh Singh | AITA The great run by all-Indian pair of N. Sriram Balaji and Ramkumar Ramanathan continued as they stormed into the Finals Cassis Open Provence after conquering their Semifinals battle against the American-Brazilian pairing of Ernesto Escobedo and Fernando Romboli at Cassis, France. Ramanathan-Balaji dominated the proceedings throughout the match to win it in straight sets 6-3,

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By Saurabh Singh | AITA The Indian doubles duo of Ramkumar Ramanathan and N. Sriram Balaji has entered the Semi-finals of the Challenger 80 category event on the ATP Challenger Tour, Cassis Open Provence, after their Quarters opponents Altug Celikbilek of Turkey and his Russian partner Roman Safiullin gave them a walkover. The Challenger tournament, being played on the Hardcourt

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By Saurabh Singh | AITA After a prolific run at the Challenger 80 category tournament, Rafa Nadal Open, the Indian challenge has come to a halt in Mallorca, Spain. India’s Ramkumar Ramanathan endured a tough loss in his singles Quarter-Finals against Japanese top seed Yasutaka Uchiyama which was followed by a missed opportunity to make the doubles final by the

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By Saurabh Singh | AITA It was a win-win day for India at the Rafa Nadal Open, an ATP Challenger tournament carrying a Prize Purse of € 44,820, as Ramkumar Ramanathan entered the Quarter-Finals in singles and the all-Indian pairing of Ramkumar Ramanathan and N. Sriram Balaji stormed into the doubles Semi-Finals at Mallorca, Spain. In the singles draw, Ramanathan

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By Saurabh Singh | AITA The all Indian pairings of Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan & Purav Raja and Ramkumar Ramanathan & N. Sriram Balaji had a successful start to their respective doubles campaigns and made a twin-win day for Indian tennis in doubles on the ATP Challenger Tour events in France and Spain respectively. Coming back after a month-long injury layoff, Jeevan

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The experienced pair of Rohan Bopanna and Sania Mirza defeated the brand new combination of Ramkumar Ramanathan and Ankita Raina 6-2 7-6 (5) in the historic all-Indian mixed doubles first-round match at Wimbledon here on Friday. It was the first time in the open era that two Indian teams competed against each other at a Grand Slam tournament. The contest

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India’s Ramkumar Ramanathan saved four match points in a marathon five-setter against Marc Polmans but a Grand Slam main draw eluded him yet again as he lost the final qualifying round at the Wimbledon championships on Thursday. Showing nerves of steel, Ramkumar saved one match point after another but eventually lost 3-6, 6-3, 6-7(2), 6-3, 9-11 to his Australian rival

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India’s Ramkumar Ramanathan stood just one win away from his maiden Grand Slam appearance after he progressed to the final round of the Wimbledon Qualifiers with a straight-set win over Tomas Martin Etcheverry. Ramkumar, who gradually slipped out of the top-200 for lack of good results, beat his Argentine rival 6-3 6-4. The Indian Davis Cupper, now ranked 211, did

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