Tennis Tennis Cologne Championships: Sumit Nagal loses in first round Sumit Nagal went down 4-6, 7-6(4), 6-1 by Momir Kecmanovic of Serbia in the main draw first round of the Cologne Championships on Tuesday. Kamesh Srinivasan New Delhi 20 October, 2020 19:12 IST Sumit Nagal was beaten by Momir Kecmanovic in the first round at Cologne. - FILE PHOTO/AP Kamesh Srinivasan New Delhi 20 October, 2020 19:12 IST Lucky loser Sumit Nagal lost from the brink of victory in the first round of the €271,345 ATP tennis tournament in Cologne, Germany.Sumit, who had lost the second and final round in the qualifying event, was beaten 4-6, 7-6(4), 6-1 by Momir Kecmanovic of Serbia in the main draw. His efforts fetched him €5,415.In the Challenger in Ismaning, Germany, Prajnesh Gunneswaran and Ramkumar Ramanathan moved into the pre-quarterfinals of singles.The results:€271,345 ATP, Cologne, GermanySingles (first round): Momir Kecmanovic (Srb) bt Sumit Nagal 4-6 7-6(4), 6-1.Qualifying singles (second and final round): Pierre-Hugues Herbert (Fra) bt Sumit Nagal 6-2, 6-2; First round: Sumit Nagal bt Norbert Gombos (Svk) 7-5, 6-4.€44,820 Challenger, Ismaning, GermanySingles (first round): Prajnesh Gunneswaran bt Tomas Martin Etcheverry (Arg) 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(3); Ramkumar Ramanathan bt Quentin Halys (Fra) 7-6(5), 6-3.$15,000 ITF men, Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptDoubles (pre-quarterfinals): Vladyslav Manafov (Ukr) & Arjun Kadhe bt Marko Miladinovic & Miljan Zekic (Srb) 6-3, 6-4; Felix Corwin (US) & Vladyslav Orlov (Ukr) bt Kelsey Stevenson (Can) & Sidharth Rawat 6-4, 6-4. Read more stories on Tennis. For more updates, follow Sportstar on :