Recanati Challenger: Ramkumar reaches doubles semifinals

Ramkumar Ramanathan and Goncalo Oliveira of Portugal reached the semifinals of the Recanati Challenger in Italy with a 1-6, 7-6(6), 10-8 over Enrique Lopez Perez and Adrian Menendez-Maceiras.

Published : Jul 05, 2019 19:19 IST

Ramkumar Ramanathan, who bowed out of Wimbledon qualifiers on Wednesday, reached the doubles semifinal in Italy. (File Photo)

Ramkumar Ramanathan in partnership with Goncalo Oliveira of Portugal bounced from the brink of defeat to reach the doubles semifinals with a 1-6, 7-6(6), 10-8 victory over the Spaniards Enrique Lopez Perez and Adrian Menendez-Maceiras in the €46,600 Challenger tennis tournament in Recanati, Italy.

Ramkumar was also scheduled to play the singles quarterfinals against Mats Moraing of Germany.

 

The results

€ 46,600 Challenger, Recanati, Italy

Doubles (quarterfinals):

Goncalo Oliveira (Por) & Ramkumar Ramanathan bt Enrique Lopez Perez & Adrian Menendez-Maceiras (Esp) 1-6, 7-6(6), [10-8].

 

$15,000 ITF women, Hua Hin, Thailand

Singles (quarterfinals): Da Hye Kim (Kor) bt Zeel Desai 6-1, 6-1.

 

Doubles (quarterfinals)

Robu Kajitani & Aika Yoshitomi (Jpn) bt Bunyawi Thamchaiwat (Tha) & Zeel Desai 6-2, 5-7, [10-8];

Kamonwan Buayam & Patcharin Chapchandej (Tha) bt Mio Kozaki (Jpn) & Saumya Vig 6-1, 6-0.