sports bureau
Ramkumar Ramanathan defeated fourth seed Keiichi Uchida of Japan 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 in the first round of the $53,120 Challenger tennis tournament in Kobe, Japan on Tuesday.
At the Challenger in Champaign, USA, Prajnesh Gunneswaran advanced to the second round with a 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 win over Stefan Kozlov of USA.
In the $25,000 ITF women’s event, Sahaj Yamalapalli defeated Madison Fran 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-0 in the $25,000 ITF women’s event at Traralgon, Australia.
Result:
$53,120 Challenger, Champion, USA: Singles (Round 1): Prajnesh Gunneswaran bt Stephen Kozlov (USA) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.
$53,120 Challenger, Kobe, Japan: Singles (1st round): Ramkumar Ramanathan bt Kaichi Uchida (JPN) 6-4, 4-6, 6-3.
$60,000 ITF Women, Tokyo, Japan: Doubles (Pre-quarterfinals): Chihiro Muramatsu and Naho Sato (JPN) bt Erika Sema (JPN) and Rutuja Bhosle 7-5, 4-6, [10-3],
$25,000 ITF Women, Traralgon, Australia: Singles (Round 1): Sahaj Yamalapalli b Madison Frain (Aus) 6-7(3), 6-4, 6-0.
$25,000 ITF Women, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt: Doubles (Pre-quarterfinals): Alisa Kumel and Ekaterina Makarova beat Yasmin Izzat (EG) and Ashmita Eshwarmurthy 6-4, 6-1; Aliona Falei and Tatiana Prozorova bt Srivalli Bhamidipathi and Vaidehi Chowdhury 3-6, 7-6(5), [10-6], Ya Yi Yang (TPE) and Courtesy Bavisetti bt Aditya Karunaratne (and Ho Ching Wu (HKG) 6-0, 6-1.
$15,000 ITF Women’s Monastir, Tunisia: Singles (1st round): Tijana Sretanovic (SRB) bt Veda Vanshita Ranabothu 6-0, 6-3.
$15,000 ITF Women, Nairobi, Kenya: Singles (Round 1): Magdalena Stoikovska (MKD) bt Lakshmi Gowda 6-0, 6-4; Alexandra Iordache (Russia) 6-3, 6-1; Anoushka Usher (USA) beat Lalita Kalluri 6-2, 6-0; Substiani Leone (USA) defeated Pooja Kudesia 3-0 (Retd).