PUNE: Indian tennis player Ramkumar Ramanathan sailed the main draw of the Tata Open Maharashtra but compatriot Yuki Bhambri failed to qualify after losing their last qualifier on Sunday.
Ramkumar, who entered the draw as a wildcard, got the better of Italy’s third seed Mattia Bellucci 6-3, 7-5 in 1h30.
Yuki, meanwhile, was knocked out by last year’s semi-finalist, the Swede Elias Ymer1-6, 4-6 in an hour and 12 minutes.
Other Indians in the fray, Prajnesh Gunneswaran, Sidharth Rawat and Aditya Balsekar had lost their first qualifying round on Saturday.
South Asia’s only ATP 250 event is hosted by the Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association (MSLTA) in association with the state government.
Ramkumar, who entered the draw as a wildcard, got the better of Italy’s third seed Mattia Bellucci 6-3, 7-5 in 1h30.
Yuki, meanwhile, was knocked out by last year’s semi-finalist, the Swede Elias Ymer1-6, 4-6 in an hour and 12 minutes.
Other Indians in the fray, Prajnesh Gunneswaran, Sidharth Rawat and Aditya Balsekar had lost their first qualifying round on Saturday.
South Asia’s only ATP 250 event is hosted by the Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association (MSLTA) in association with the state government.
