Ramkumar Ramanathan in pre-quarterfinals in Taipei

The other Davis Cupper, Prajnesh Gunneswaran was beaten in three sets in the first round by Jurij Rodionov of Austria.

Published : Sep 19, 2018 20:56 IST , NEW DELHI

Davis Cupper Ramkumar Ramanathan (above) beat Maximilian Neuchrist of Austria 6-4, 6-2 in the first round of the $150,000 Challenger tennis tournament in Chinese Taipei on Wednesday. (File Photo)
Davis Cupper Ramkumar Ramanathan (above) beat Maximilian Neuchrist of Austria 6-4, 6-2 in the first round of the $150,000 Challenger tennis tournament in Chinese Taipei on Wednesday. (File Photo)
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Davis Cupper Ramkumar Ramanathan (above) beat Maximilian Neuchrist of Austria 6-4, 6-2 in the first round of the $150,000 Challenger tennis tournament in Chinese Taipei on Wednesday. (File Photo)

Davis Cupper Ramkumar Ramanathan beat Maximilian Neuchrist of Austria 6-4, 6-2 in the first round of the $150,000 Challenger tennis tournament in Chinese Taipei on Wednesday.

However the other Davis Cupper, Prajnesh Gunneswaran was beaten in three sets in the first round by Jurij Rodionov of Austria.

There was progress for the Indian players, Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan, Sriram Balaji and Vishnu Vardhan in doubles, even though Ramkumar in partnership with Vijay Sundar Prashanth lost in straight sets. Purav Raja in partnership with Rameez Junaid of Australia made the doubles quarterfinals in the Challenger in Italy.

Third seed Aryan Goveas bounced back from being down 1-4 in the third set tie-break to win six points in a row against qualifier Stefano Battaglino of Italy, and a berth in the pre-quarterfinals of the ITF men’s Futures in Cairo. Sowjanya Bavisetti made the singles quarterfinals and the doubles semifinals in the ITF women’s event in China.

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The results:

$250,000 WTA, Guangzhou, China

Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Xinyun Han & Ying Zhang (Chn) bt Hanyu Guo (Chn) & Prarthana Thombare 6-1, 6-2.

$150,000 Challenger men, Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei

Singles (first round): Ramkumar Ramanathan bt Maximilian Neuchrist (AUT) 6-4, 6-2; Jurij Rodionov (AUT) bt Prajnesh Gunneswaran 6-3, 5-7, 6-3.

Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Austin Krajicek (US) & Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan bt Tristan Lamasine (Fra) & Hiroki Moriya (Jpn) 6-4, 7-6(6); Cheng-Peng Hsieh & Tsung-Hua Yang (Te) bt Vijay Sundar Prashanth & Ramkumar Ramanathan 6-4, 6-4; Sriram Balaji & Vishnu Vardhan bt Yuichi Sugita (Jpn) & Chu-Huan Yi (Tpe) 6-1, 7-5.

€43,000 Challenger men, Biella, Italy

Doubles (pre-quarterfianls): Rameez Junaid (Aus) & Purav Raja bt Oriol Roca Batalla & Bernabe Zapata Miralles (Esp) 7-6(4), 6-1.

$15,000 ITF men, Cairo, Egypt

Singles (first round): Aryan Goveas bt Stefano Battaglino (Ita) 3-6, 6-1, 7-6(4);  Anirudh Chandrasekar bt Francesco Cano (Ita) 6-1, 6-4.

$25,000 ITF women, Cairns, Australia

Doubles (quarterfinals): Mana Ayukawa & Ramu Ueda (Jpn) bt Alison Bai (Aus) & Rutuja Bhosale 6-4, 7-5.

$15,000 ITF women, Anning, China

Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Sowjanya Bavisetti bt Ai Kamiyoshihara (Jpn) 6-2, 6-0.

Doubles (quarterfinals): Dan Ni Wang (Chn) & Sowjanya Bavisetti bt Chloe Isabella Tsang (Aus) WanNing Zhu (Chn) 6-4, 6-1; I-Hsuan Cho & Yi Tsen Cho (TPE) bt Qianxin Kong (Chn) & Ashmitha Easwaramurthi 6-1, 6-2.

$15,000 ITF women, Cairo, Egypt

Doubles (pre-quarterfinals):  Snehal Mane & Saumya Vig bt Claudia Franze (Ita) & Akiho Kakuya (Jpn) 6-4, 4-6, [11-9].

$15,000 ITF women, Monastir, Tunisia

Singles (first round):  Bhuvana Kalva bt Sathwika Sama 6-3, 6-1.

$15,000 ITF women, Antalya, Turkey

Singles (first round): Cemre Anil (Tur) bt Sonashe Bhatnagar 6-1, 6-0.

Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Sarina Kang (Aus) & Sonashe Bhatnagar w.o. Hilda Lundstedt & Emilia Roslund (Swe).

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