Indian sports wrap, August 14: Ramkumar Ramanathan-Joshua Paris lose in doubles pre-quarters in Poland
TENNIS
Challenger tournament: Ramkumar Ramanathan-Joshua Paris lose in doubles pre-quarters
Ramkumar Ramanathan, seeded second with Joshua Paris of Britain, was beaten 6-4, 6-3 in the doubles pre-quarterfinals by Scott Duncan and Hunter Reese in the €74,825 Challenger tennis tournament in Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Poland.
The results:
€74,825 Callenger, Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Poland
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Scott Duncan (GBR) & Hunter Reese (USA) bt Joshua Paris (GBR) & Ramkumar Ramanathan 6-4, 6-3.
$25,000 ITF men, Muttenz, Switzerland
Singles (first round): Mischa Lanz (Sui) bt Siddhant Banthia 6-3, 3-6, 7-5.
$15,000 ITF men, Bielsko Biala, Poland
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Aryan Lakshmanan & Przemyslaw Michocki (Pol) bt Filip Bojko & Jakub Hrynkiewicz (Pol) 6-7(5), 7-5, [10-8].
$15,000 ITF men, Monastir, Tunisia
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Raen Hermassi (Tun) & Yazid Lahjomri (Mar) bt Chirag Duhan & Aliaksandr Liaonenka 6-3, 2-6, [11-9].
$40,000 ITF women, Ourense, Spain
Singles (first round): Haruka Kaji (Jpn) bt Madhurima Sawant 6-1, 6-0.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Nahia Berecoechea (Fra) & Alina Charaeva bt Ankita Raina & Vasanti Shinde 6-1, 6-1.
$15,000 ITF women, Xiamen, China
Singles (first round): Xun Fang Ying (Chn) bt Riya Bhatia 7-6(2), 6-3.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Riya Bhatia & Michika Ozeki (Jpn) bt Wei Zhang-Qian & Zhang Zi Ye (Chn) 6-4, 6-1.
– Team Sportstar