Ramkumar Ramanathan bought previous former world No. 7 and seventh seed, Fernando Verdasco, within the first spherical of the € 90,280 Challenger tennis on Tuesday.
Ramkumar led 6-4, 1-0 in opposition to the 108 th ranked Verdasco when the Spaniard retired.
Within the ITF ladies’s occasion in Nottingham, Rutuja Bhosale misplaced from the brink of victory as qualifier Gabriela Andrea Knutson of the Czech Republic prevailed 5-7, 7-6(4), 6-4.
The outcomes: € 90,280 Challenger, Aix-en-Provence, France: First spherical: Ramkumar Ramanathan bt Fernando Verdasco (Esp) 6-4, 1-0 (retired).
$15,000 ITF males, Monastir: First spherical: Li Tu (Aus) bt Chirag Duhan 6-2, 7-5.
Doubles: Pre-quarterfinals: Jayden Courtroom & Alexander Crnokrak (Au) bt Damir Makhmudov (Kaz) & Duhan 3-6, 6-2, [10-8].
$25,000 ITF ladies, Nottingham, England: First spherical: Elena-Teodora Cadar (Rou) bt Ankita Raina 5-1 (retired); Gabriela Andrea Knutson (Cze) bt Rutuja Bhosale 5-7, 7-6(4), 6-4.
$25,000 ITF ladies, Tossa de Mar, Spain: Doubles: Pre-quarterfinals: Jenny Duerst (Sui) & Ashley Lahey (US) bt Arina Gabriella Vasilescu (Rou) & Sowjanya Bavisetti 6-1, 7-6(1); Berfu Cengiz (Tur) & Sofia Stitching (USS) bt Ashmitha Easwaramurthi & Vasanti Shinde 6-0, 6-0.
$25,000 ITF ladies, Monastir: First spherical: Olga Helmi (Den) bt Sahaja Yamalapalli 6-2, 7-5.
$15,000 ITF ladies, Cairo: Doubles: Pre-quarterfinals: Oceane Babel (Fra) & Noe Lieuw A Fong (Ned) bt Jennifer Rosa Dourado (Bra) & Shreya Tatavarthy 3-6, 6-1, [10-7].
