Ramkumar loses early

Davis Cupper Ramkumar Ramanathan lost 6-4, 6-1 to Jumpei Yamasaki of Japan, after a bye in the first round, in the $54,160 Challenger tennis tournament here on Tuesday.

In a first-round encounter, Arjun Kadhe lost 7-6(8), 6-3 to Patrik Niklas-Salminen of Finland.

Sasi Kumar Mukund managed to get into the $114,800 Challenger in Bratislava as an alternate, but was beaten in the first round by Oscar Otte of Germany.

The results:

$114,800 Challenger, Bratislava, Slovakia: First round: Oscar Otte (Ger) bt Sasi Kumar Mukund 6-1, 6-2.

$54,160 Challenger, Kobe: Second round: Jumpei Yamasaki (Jpn) bt Ramkumar Ramanathan 6-4, 6-1; First round: Patrik Niklas-Salminen (Fin) bt Arjun Kadhe 7-6(8), 6-3.

Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Enrique Lopez Perez (Esp) & Arjun Kadhe w/o Brydan Klein (GBR) & Goncalo Oliveira (Por).

$15,000 ITF men, Meshref, Kuwait: Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Daisuke Sumizawa (Jpn) & Kunal Anand bt Worovin Kumithonkittikul & Chanchai Sookton-Eng (Tha) 7-5, 6-1.

$25,000 ITF women, Hua Hin, Thailand: Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Tamachan Momkoonthod & Wwatsachol Sawatdee (Tha) bt Abigail Tere-Apisah (Png) & Prarthana Thombare 2-6, 6-4, [10-7]; Georgia Andreea Craciun (Rou) & Eva Guerrero Alvarez (Esp) bt Nikita Uberoi (US) & Ashmitha Easwaramurthi 6-2, 7-5.

$15,000 ITF women, Monastir, Tunisia: Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Iana Tishchenko (Mda) & Camilla Zanolini (Ita) bt Mey Ayari (Tun) & Humera Shaik 6-3, 7-5.

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