Ramkumar Ramanathan scored one of his biggest wins of his career by knocking out the top seed Dominic Thiem in the second round of the Antalya Open on Tuesday.
The Indian, who qualified for the main tournament, posted a memorable 6-3, 6-2 victory over the World No. 8 Belgian in a match that lasted 16 seconds less than an hour.
Meanwhile in Eastbourne, Novak Djokovic and Angelique Kerber, top seeds at the ATP-WTA event, are targeting successful comebacks that they hope will serve them well for Wimbledon.
Djokovic, the World No. 4 playing a pre-Wimbledon event for the first time in seven years, will have coaching advisor Andre Agassi in his corner after the pair’s recent collaboration at the French Open.
Meanwhile Kerber, back from a leg injury and fighting to hang onto the women’s top ranking, pronounced herself fit and eager to get stuck into the grass.
The results:
Antalya Open: Men: Second round: Ramkumar Ramanathan bt Dominic Thiem 6-3, 6-2; Fernando Verdasco bt Steve Darcis 6-3, 6-4.
First round: Daniel Altmaier bt Victor Estrella 7-5, 6-7(8), 7-6(5); Marsel Ilhan bt Martin Klizan 6-6(3-7) retd.; Janko Tipsarevic bt Lloyd Harris 7-5, 6-3; Andreas Seppi bt Kamil Majchrzak 6-2, 7-6(1); Ramkumar bt Rogerio Dutra Silva 6-3, 6-4; Marcos Baghdatis bt Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-2, 6-1; Yuichi Sugita bt Matthew Ebden 6-1, 6-3; Radu Albot bt Joao Sousa 7-6(2), 6-2; Carlos Berlocq bt Viktor Troicki 3-6, 6-2, 6-4; Mohamed Safwat bt Cem Ilkel 4-6, 6-3, 7-6(7).
Eastbourne International: Men: First round: Vasek Pospisil bt Jiri Vesely 6-3, 6-4; Jared Donaldson bt Diego Schwartzman 7-6(5), 3-6, 7-5; Donald Young bt Kyle Edmund 6-4, 3-6, 6-3.
Women: Second round: Heather Watson bt Dominika Cibulkova 7-5, 6-4; Jelena Ostapenko bt Carla Suarez Navarro 6-3, 0-6, 6-4; Lara Arruabarrena bt Daria Gavrilova 2-6, 6-2, 6-3. First round: Peng Shuai bt Francesca Schiavone 6-3, 6-4; Barbora Strycova bt Eugenie Bouchard 6-3, 3-6, 6-2; Kristyna Pliskova bt Naomi Broady 6-2, 6-7(7), 6-1; Sorana Cirstea bt Katerina Siniakova 6-3, 6-2; Duan Ying-Ying bt Christina McHale 6-3, 4-0 (retired).
