Manama: India’s Ramkumar Ramanathan won the title at the ATP Challenge Two Tennis Tournament in Bahrain.
This is the first time that a Tamil Nadu player has won a single title in the Challenge. In the final, Ramkumar defeated Evgeny Klovsky of Russia 6-1, 6-4. The game ended in 1 hour 8 minutes.
To show Ramanathan’s prowess from the start of the match, Evgeny’s backhand shot was deflected by Ramkumar in the first set the moment he crossed the base line. Ramkumar had just saved a break point. That was the only time he had met the break point in the entire game. His deaths were immense in this game as well.
Commonwealth run: Meanwhile, India’s Commonwealth Games runners-up lost in the final of the IDFW25 Women’s Tennis Tournament in Italy. In it, Ava lost to Susan Pentechi of Switzerland 4-6, 4-6.
Bambri / Maineni win trophy: Yuki Bambri / Saket Maineni of India defeated fellow Indian pair of Brajwai Dev / Rishi Reddy 6-4, 7-6 (7/4) in the doubles event of the IDFM15 Ottawa Tennis Tournament in Haryana.
Improvement in the rankings: Ramkumar, who became the champion with 80 ranking points, is back in the international rankings within 200 places and is ranked 186th, making him the first player in India in the ATP rankings. Other Indians are Brijanesh Guneswaran (215), Sumit Nagal (218), Mukund Sasikumar (417) and Saket Maineni (559).
Ramkumar, who has jumped 6 places in the doubles category, is 146th. Rohan Bopanna (46th) is the first Indian to make the list, followed by Divij Charan (120), Purav Raja (150) and Sriram Balaji (170). In the women’s singles category, Angita Raina (188) topped the list, followed by Riya Patia (426), Ruduja Bhosle (534), Kaman Thandi (578) and Jeel Desai (586).
Sania Moza (63) tops the doubles category. Angita Raina (101), Ruduja Bhosle (266), Prathana Thompre (414) and Riya Patia (434) are in the squad.