Ramkumar , Nagal, Prashanth in round two at $50000 KPIT MSLTA ATP tennis Challenger

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 Ramkumar , Nagal, Prashanth in round two at $50000 KPIT MSLTA ATP tennis  Challenger 

 

 Pune, Oct 25:   Indians Ramkumar Ramnathan, Sumit Nagal and N Vijay Sundar Prashanth made it to the second round of the singles  at the $50000 KPIT MSLTA ATP Tennis Challenger organised by MSLTA and played at Shri Shiv Chatrapati Krida Sankul, Mhalunge Balewadi.

 

In the first round matches 21 year old   Ramkumar Ramanathan  struggled to get past Russian Alexander Zhurbin 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 in 1 hour and 38 minutes . Ramkumar served 13 aces to see himslef sail pat the 24 year old Zhurbin who currently trains in Spain.

 

" He played amazingly well , but Its great to get past the first round always " said Ramkumar after the match.

 

19 year old Sumit Nagal who made his Davis Cup debut in Delhi  against Spain ,  came back from 1-4 and 2-5  to get past 25 year old Spainiard Marc Giner 7-5, 6-3 in 1 hour and 14 minutes ." I felt rusty at the beginning but managed to get going " said Nagal who will now take on fourth seeded  Adrian Menendez-Maceiras. N.Vijay Sundar Prashanth was the third Indian to make the last sixteen  as he outplayed local wildcard Jayesh Pungliya 6-2, 6-4

 

Top seeded Evgeny Donskoy scored a easy win over Indian Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash winning  6-4,6-2 while Korean second seed Duckhee Lee battledlaboriously to end the challenge of qualifier Hugo Nys France 6-3, 6-7(4),6-1 .

 

In  a upset in the doubles event N Sriram Balaji and Vishnu Vardhan shocked third seeded Saketh Myneni  and Sanam Singh   6-7(2),6-3,10-4 to enter the last eight . 

 

 

 

Following are the results: Main Draw(First round): Singles:

 

Evgeny Donskoy(Rus,1) bt Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash(Ind) 6-4,6-2;

Ramkumar Ramanathan bt Alexander Zhurbin 6-3, 3-6, 6-3;

Adrian Menendez-Maceiras(ESP,4)  bt Shalva Dzhanashia(RUS) 6-2,6-2;

Sumit NAGAL (IND) bt Marc Giner(ESP)7-5, 6-3;

Nikola Milojevic(SRB) bt N.Sriram Balaji(Ind)7-5, 7-6(2);

N.Vijay Sundar Prashanth(Ind) bt (WC)Jayesh Pungliya(Ind)6-2, 6-4;

Duckhee Lee(Kor,2) bt (Q)Hugo Nys(FRA)6-3, 6-7(4),6-1) ;

 

Doubles:First round:

Purav Raja / Divij Sharan(ind)(1) bt Sadiq Doumbia / Fabien Reboul 6-4, 7-6(4);

Marat Deviatiarov / Dimitry Popko bt Anirudh Chandrashekar / Vigensh Peranamallur 7-5, 6-4;

Luca Margaroli / Hugo NYS bt John paul Fruttero / Adrian Menendez-Maceiras 7-5, 7-5. N Sriram Balaji /Vishnu Vardhan bt Saketh Myneni/ Sanam Singh (3)  6-7(2),6-3,10-4