Indian sports wrap, August 4: Ramkumar Ramanathan loses doubles final in Porto Challenger
TENNIS
Porto Challenger: Ramkumar-Paris duo loses doubles final
Top seeds Sander Arends and Luke Johonson beat Joshua Paris and Ramkumar Ramanathan 6-3, 6-2 in the doubles final of the €148,625 Challenger tennis tournament in Porto, Portugal.
The champion team collected 125 ATP points and €8,450. The runners-up pocketed 75 points and €4,870.
In the $25,000 ITF men’s event in Brazzaville, Congo, S.D. Prajwal Dev and Adil Kalyanpur beat Dev Javia and Rishi Reddy 7-5, 6-2 in the doubles final. It was the tenth doubles title for Prajwal and second for Adil.
Results
€148,625 Challenger, Porto, Portugal Doubles (final): Sander Arends (Ned) & Luke Johnson (GBR) by Joshua
Paris (GBR) & Ramkumar Ramanathan 6-3, 6-2.
$25,000 ITF men, Brazzaville, Congo Doubles (final): S.D. Prajwal Dev & Adil Kalyanpur by Dev Javia & Rishi Reddy 7-5, 6-2.
-Kamesh Srinivasan