India’s Ramkumar Ramanathan qualified for the men’s singles main draw of the ATP 500 Japan Open tennis tournament on Sunday.
The 27-year-old, ranked 299 in the world, came from a set down to defeat Sweden’s 124th ranked Elias Ymer 5-7, 6-4, 6-1 in Tokyo. Ramkumar will now face Japan’s Rio Noguchi, ranked 290, in the first round of the main draw.
Ramkumar, who is the top-ranked men’s singles player from India, had defeated Japan’s Ryota Tanuma 7-5, 6-3 in the first round of the singles qualifiers. In men’s doubles, the Indian will partner Australia’s Alexei Popyrin in the main draw.
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