Davis Cupper Ramkumar Ramanathan fired 11 aces and converted three of seven breakpoints to beat second seed Jordan Thompson of Australia 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 in the first round of the €127,000 Challenger tennis tournament on grass here on Tuesday.
Third seeded Yuki Bhambri had earlier beaten Thanasi Kokkinakis of Australia 6-4, 7-6(4) in his first round match.
Earlier, Sriram Balaji and Vishnu Vardhan beat Nick Kyrgios and Jackson Withrow 10-6 in the super tie-break of the doubles pre-quarterfinals.
The results:
First round: €127,000 Challenger, Surbiton, England: Yuki Bhambri bt Thanasi Kokkinakis (Aus) 6-4, 7-6(4); Ramkumar Ramanathan bt Jordan Thompson (Aus) 6-4, 3-6, 6-1. Doubles: Sriram Balaji & Vishnu Vardhan bt Nick Kyrgios (Aus) & Jackson Withrow (US) 7-6(2), 3-6, 10-6; Nicholas Monroe (US) & John-Patrick Smith (Aus) bt Matthew Ebden (Aus) & Yuki Bhambri 6-2, 4-6, 10-7.
$15,000 ITF men, Harare, Zimbabwe: Frederik Press (Ger) bt Jayesh Pungliya 6-2, 7-6(5).
Doubles: Matias Franco Descotte (Arg) & Aryan Goveas bt Tarun Anirudh Chilakalapudi & Niki Poonacha 6-2, 6-3; Aron Pierce (US) & Anurag Nenwani bt Tanaka Chabata & Brandon Levendale (Zim) 6-2, 6-4.
$25,000 ITF women, Changsha, China: Doubles: Alison Bai (Aus) & Fang Ying Xun (Chn) bt Kexuan Zhou (Chn) & Ashmitha Easwaramurthi 6-0, 6-2.
$25,000 ITF women, Obidos, Portugal: Doubles: Luniuska Delgado (Ven) & Rosa Vicens Mas (Esp) bt Mahhak Jain & Sathwika Sama 6-4, 6-4.
$25,000 ITF Women, Singapore: Doubles: Beatrice Gumulya & Jessy Rompies (Ina) & Pei-Chi Lee (Tpe) & Riya Bhatia 6-0, 6-1.
$25,000 ITF women, Hua Hin, Thailand: Pranjala Yadlapalli bt Pamela Montez (US) 5-7, 6-2, 6-3. Doubles: Tamachan Momkoonthod (Tha) & Pranjala Yadlapalli bt Mariana Correa (Ecu) & Monica Robinson (US) 6-2, 6-2.
$25,000 ITF women, Namangan, Uzbekistan: Sofya Golubovskaya (Rus) bt Natasha Palha 6-3, 7-5; Anastasia Gasanova bt Sai Samhitha 6-1, 6-1.
Doubles: Olga Doroshina (Rus) & Valeriya Strakhova (Ukr) bt Sai Samhitha & Natasha Palha 6-1, 6-2.
$15,000 ITF women, Antalya, Turkey Singles: Jennifer Luikham bt Kanami Tsuji (Jpn) 6-2, 2-6, 6-3; Verena Meliss (Ita) bt Isha Budwal 6-0, 6-1 .
