Ramkumar through to quarters in Eckental Challenger
Ramkumar Ramanathan had a fine outing as he progressed to the quarterfinals of the singles and doubles events at the Eckental Challenger in Germany.
Published : Nov 04, 2020 19:31 IST
Ramkumar Ramanathan enjoyed a fruitful day he advanced to the quarterfinals of the singles and the doubles in the Eckental Challenger tennis tournament in Germany.
Ramkumar got past Hiroki Moriya 7-6(1), 6-4, in the singles pre-quarterfinal after the Japanese had beaten fifth seed Antoine Hoang of France in the first round.
The Indian will next face fourth-seeded Russian Evgeny Donskoy in the quarterfinal.
Ramkumar and Purav Raja, seeded third in doubles, pipped Evgeny Donskoy and Ilya Ivashka 11-9 in the super tie-break to progress.
The top seeded pairing of Divij Sharan and Igor Zelenay also made the doubles quarterfinal as they beat Jamie Cerretani and Zdenek Kolar14-12 in the match tie-break.
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The results: Eckental Challenger, Germany Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Ramkumar Ramanathan bt Hiroki Moriya (Jpn) 7-6(1), 6-4. Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Igor Zelenay (Svk) & Divij Sharan bt Jamie Cerretani (US) & Zdenek Kolar (Cze) 5-7, 6-3, [14 12]; Purav Raja & Ramkumar Ramanathan bt Evgeny Donskoy (Rus) & Ilya Ivashka (Blr) 5-7, 6-4, [11-9]. $15,000 ITF women, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Singles (first round): Jessie Aney (US) bt Rutuja Bhosale 6-3, 6-2. |