India's Ramkumar Ramanathan lost to Australia's Jason Kubler 4-6,4-6 in the first qualification round of the French Open on Monday after a 92-minute encounter in Paris. The Australian looked sharp right from the from the first set as he took the match completely away from Ramkumar to secure a straight set victory to qualify for the next round of the qualifier for Ronald-Garros. This is the first time Kubler got past the first qualifying round of the French Open. The current world 144 for the third season running, failed to go past the first round of a qualifier for a grand tournament. Ramkumar reached the second round of the qualifier by defeating Jared Donaldson back in 2015, which still remains his best performance at Ronald-Garros.

Source: dna May 20, 2019 15:56 UTC