Ramkumar Ramanathan got off to a winning start at the Kaohsiung Challenger with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Austria’s Maximilian Neuchrist.
Ramkumar, seeded sixth, beat Neurchrist 6-4, 6-2 in the round of 32 match. He will meet qualifier Ferreira Silva in the second round.
Ramkumar, however, lost his doubles match with N Vijay Sundar Prashanth. The Indian duo lost to Cheng-Peng Hsieh Tsung-Hua Yang 4-6, 4-6 in the first round.
The eighth seed in singles, Prajnesh Gunneswaran lost to Jurij Rodionov 3-6, 7-5, 3-6 in round of 32.
Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan, N Sriram Balaji and Vishnu Vardhan won in doubles. Nedunchezhiyan and Austin Krajicek of USA defeated France’s Tristan Lamasine and Japan’s Hiroki Moriya 6-4, 7-6(6) in first round.
Balaji and Vardhan also won in straight sets against Yuichi Sugita and Chu-Huan Yi 6-1, 7-5 in first round.
At the Sibiu Challenger, Sumit Nagal lost to Portugal’s Pedro Sousa 2-6, 4-6 in round of 32.
Among the women, Rutuja Bhosale upset Italy’s Georgia Brescia (seeded fifth) 6-3, 6-2 in first round of the ITF Futures in Australia.
MEN'S RESULTS
TOURNAMENT | RESULT |
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Kaohsiung Challenger | * Ramkumar Ramanathan [6] beat Maximilian Neuchrist (Austria) 6-4, 6-2 in round of 32. * Prajnesh Gunneswaran [8] lost to Jurij Rodionov 3-6, 7-5, 3-6 in round of 32. DOUBLES * Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Austin Krajicek (USA) beat Tristan Lamasine (France) and Hiroki Moriya (Japan) 6-4, 7-6(6) in first round. * N Sriram Balaji and Vishnu Vardhan beat Yuichi Sugita (Japan) and Chu-Huan Yi (Chinese Taipei) 6-1, 7-5 in first round. |
Biella Challenger | * Purav Raja and Rameez Junaid (Australia) [4] beat Oscar Jose Gutierrez and Juan Pablo Varillas 7-6(4), 6-1 in first round. |
Sibiu Challenger | * Sumit Nagal lost to Pedro Sousa (Portugal) 2-6, 4-6 in round of 32. |
ITF F19 Futures Egypt (USD 15K) | * Tarun Anirudh Chilakalapudi and Vignesh Peranamallur [3] beat Simone Cacciapuoti (Italy) and Nicolo Inserra (Italy) 3-6, 6-2 [10-5] in first round. * Alexander Ovcharov (Russia) and Jayesh Pungliya beat Sheil Kotecha (Kenya) and Arjun Mahadevan 6-1, 6-3 in first round. * Anirudh Chandrasekar and Aryan Goveas [2] beat Tejas Chaukulkar and Vasisht Cheruku 6-2, 6-7(3), [10-6] in first round. |
WOMEN'S RESULTS
TOURNAMENT | RESULTS |
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ITF Futures Australia (USD 25K) | * Rutuja Bhosale beat Georgia Brescia (Italy) [5] 6-3, 6-2 in first round. DOUBLES * Alison Bai (Australia) and Rutuja Bhosale [3] lost to Mana Ayukawa (Japan) and Ramu Ueda (Japan) 4-6, 5-7 in quarter-final. |
ITF Futures Tunisia (USD 15K) | * Iikhitha Kalava lost to Dami Edibson Messiah (Spain) 2-6, 4-6 in first round. * Bhuvana Kalva beat Sathwika Sama 6-3, 6-1 in first round. |
ITF Futures China (USD 15K) | * Sowjanya Bavisetti [7] beat Ai Kamiyoshihara (Japan) 6-2, 6-0 in second round. DOUBLES * Sowjanya Bavisetti and Dan Ni Wang (China) [4] beat 6-4, 6-1 Chloe Isabella Tsang (Australia) and WanNing Zhu (China) in quarter-final. * Ashmitha Easwaramurthy and Qianxin Kong (China) lost to I-Hsuan Cho (Chinese Taipei) and Yi Tsen Cho (Chinese Taipei) [3] 1-6, 2-6 in quarter-final. |
ITF Futures Egypt (USD 15K) | * Snehal Mane lost to Fanny Ostlund (Sweden) [4] 0-6, 1-6 in first round. DOUBLES * Sravya Shivani Chilakalapudi and Iulia Bianca Ilinca (Romania) beat Aya El Sayed (Egypt) and Dejana Milenkovic (Serbia) 6-3, 6-1 in first round. * Snehal Mane and Saumya Vig beat Claudia Franze (Italy) and Akiho Kakuya (Japan) 6-4, 4-6 [11-9] in first round. |
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