The 222-ranked Indian beat Dominic Thiem 6-3 6-2 in the second round of the Antalya Open on Tuesday. The 222-ranked Indian beat Dominic Thiem 6-3 6-2 in the second round of the Antalya Open on Tuesday. India’s 22-year-old Ramkumar Ramanathan had won most of the lower-rung tennis events he participated in, including two this year. In 2013, at the Chennai Open, a teenaged Ramkumar burst onto the scene when he got the better of Somdev who was the country’s highest-ranked player then. A first-round defeat at his favourite Chennai Open was followed by a failure to make it to the Australian Open qualifiers.

Source: Indian Express June 28, 2017 01:18 UTC