Ramkumar Ramanathan made the quarterfinals of singles and doubles in the €88,520 Challenger tennis tournament here. He got past Hiroki Moriya 7-6(1), 6-4, in the singles pre-quarterfinals, before pairing up with Purav Raja to pip Evgeny Donskoy and Ilya Ivashka 11-9 in the super tie-break. The results: € 88,520 Challenger, Eckental, Germany: Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Ramkumar Ramanathan bt Hiroki Moriya (Jpn) 7-6(1), 6-4. Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Igor Zelenay (Svk) & Divij Sharan bt Jamie Cerretani (US) & Zdenek Kolar (Cze) 5-7, 6-3, [14-12]; Purav Raja & Ramkumar Ramanathan bt Evgeny Donskoy (Rus) & Ilya Ivashka (Blr) 5-7, 6-4, [11-9]. Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Michaela Bayerlova (Cze) & Sathwika Sama bt Laure Line Glaude (Bel) & Saumya Vig 6-4, 7-6(4).

Source: The Hindu November 04, 2020 16:52 UTC