Eighth seed Ramkumar Ramanathan fought his way past qualifier Alexis Galarneau of Canada 7-6(4), 4-6, 6-4 to set up a quarterfinal against Prajnesh Gunneswaran in the $52,080 Challenger tennis here.
The results: €44,820 Challenger, Pozoblanco, Spain: Doubles: Semifinals: Igor Sijsling & Tim Van Rijthoven (Ned) w.o. Teymuraz Gabashvili (Rus) & Arjun Kadhe; Quarterfinals: Gabashvili & Kadhe w.o. Benjamin Bonzi & Mathias Bourgue (Fra).
$52,080 Challenger, Cary, US: Pre-quarterfinals: Ramkumar Ramanathan bt Alexis Galarneau (Can) 7-6(4), 4-6, 6-4; Prajnesh Gunneswaran bt Sam Riffice (US) 6-2, 6-4.
$15,000 ITF women, Cairo: Doubles: Semifinals: Claudia Hoste Ferrer & Leyre Romero Gormaz (Esp) bt Anastasia Sukhotina (Rus) & Ashmitha Easwaramurthi 6-0, 6-2; Quarterfinals: Sukhotina & Ashmitha bt Ana Lantigua De La Nuez (Esp) & Clara Vlasselaer (Bel) 7-6(1), 6-3.
