Ramkumar Ramanathan beat Michael Redlicki of the US 7-5, 7-5 in the second round, after a bye in the first, in the $54,000 Challenger tennis tournament here.
However, top seeds Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Purav Raja lost 7-5, 6-4 to Jason Jung of Chinese Taipei and USA’s Evan King in the doubles pre-quarterfinals.
Mixed day for Ankita
In the $60,000 women’s event in Germany, fourth seed Ankita Raina was beaten 6-3, 6-1 by Katharina Hobgarski of Germany in the second round.
Ankita along with Bibiane Schoofs of the Netherlands made the doubles semifinals as the top seeds after a bye in the first.
In the ITF women’s event in Thailand, Sowjanya Bavisetti fought past fourth seed Himeno Sakatsume of Japan 6-2, 6-7(6), 6-3.
She will play Himari Sato of Japan in the quarterfinals.
The results:
$54,000 Challenger, Winnetka, USA: Singles (second round): Ramkumar Ramanathan bt Michael Redlicki (US) 7-5, 7-5. Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Jason Jung (Tpe) & Evan King (US) bt Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan & Purav Raja 7-5, 6-4.
$15,000 ITF men, Tabarka, Tunisia: Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Fermin Tenti (Arg) bt Siddhant Banthia 2-6, 7-6(8), 4-1 (retd.; First round: Siddhant bt Alexis Musialex (Fra) 6-4, 4-6, 7-5.
$60,000 ITF men, Versmold, Germany: Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Katharina Hobgarski (Ger) bt Ankita Raina 6-3, 6-1. Doubles (quarterfinals): Bibiane Schoofs (Ned) & Ankita Raina bt Katharina Gerlach (Ger) & Ksenia Palkina (Kgz) 6-3, 6-4.
$25,000 ITF women, Getxo, Spain: Singles (first round): Mallaurie Noel (Fra) bt Rutuja Bhosale 7-5, 6-2.
$15,000 ITF women, Hua Hin, Thailand: Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Lou Brouleau (Fra) bt Zeel Desai 6-1, 6-1; Himari Sato (Jpn) bt Mihika Yadav 6-2, 6-3; Sowjanya Bavisetti bt Himeno Sakatsume (Jpn) 6-2, 6-7(6), 6-3.