Qualifier Ramkumar Ramanathan bounced back from a precarious situation to turn the tables on Sergiy Stakhovsky of Ukraine 5-7, 7-6(6), 6-2 to reach the pre-quarterfinals of the $652,245 ATP tournament on Tuesday.
After losing the first set, the 134th-ranked Ramkumar was down a break in the second before turning the match on its head.
In doubles, Leander Paes, seeded third with Marcus Daniell of New Zealand, won 10-5 in the super tie-break against the Aussies, Max Purcell and Luke Saville, in the pre-quarterfinals.
The results:
$652,245 ATP tournament, Newport, US: Singles (first round): Ramkumar Ramanathan bt Sergiy Stakhovsky (Ukr) 5-7, 7-6(6), 6-2.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Marcus Daniell (Nzl) & Leander Paes bt Max Purcell & Luke Saville (Aus) 2-6, 6-2, [10-5].
$135,400 Challenger, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan: Singles (second round): Matteo Viola (Ita) bt Sidharth Rawat 6-1, 2-6, 6-1; Arthur Rinderknech (Fra) bt Sasi Kumar Mukund 7-6(8), 7-6(5).
$250,000 WTA, Bucharest, Romania: Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Irina Bara & Patricia Maria Tig (Rou) bt Cristina Bucsa (Esp) & Prarthana Thombare 6-2, 7-5.
$250,000 WTA, Lausanne, Switzerland: Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Oksana Kalashnikova (Geo) & Ena Shibahara (Jpn) bt Rosalie Van Der Hoek (Ned) & Ankita Raina 3-6, 6-4, [10-6].
$25,000 ITF men, Gandia, Spain: Singles (first round): Sheil Kotecha (Ken) bt Aryan Goveas 4-6, 7-5, 6-2.
$25,000 ITF women, Qujing, China: Singles (first round): YeHua Zhou (Chn) bt Ashmitha Easwaramurthi 6-0, 6-1.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Shuyue Ma (Chn) & Alana Parnaby (Aus) bt Ho Ching Wu (Hkg) & Ashmitha Easwaramurthi 6-4, 6-4.
$25,000 ITF women, Palmela, Portugal: Singles (first round): Eva Fuerrero Alvarez (Esp) bt Sathwika SSama 6-2, 6-3.