Top-seeded Ramkumar Ramanathan and N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth, the fourth seed, entered the final of the Vasan Eye Care-ITF men’s Futures tennis championship at the Union Club here on Friday.
In the first semifinal, Ramkumar scored a 6-3, 6-3 win over fifth-seeded Ivan Gakhov of Russia. In the other, Vijay Sundar got the better of second-seeded N. Sriram Balaji 3-6, 6-4, 6-4.
Ramkumar broke Gakhov in the seventh and ninth games to take the opening set 6-3. In the second set, after an exchange of breaks, Ramkumar broke Gakhov’s serve again in the eighth game to go up 5-3. Gakhov had two break points in the next game but failed to capitalise on them as Ramkumar finished the match off with an ace.
After dropping the first set, Vijay Sundar broke Balaji’s serve once each — in the 10th game on both the occasions — in the next two sets to clinch the match.
In the doubles final, R. Arun Prakash and Ramkumar defeated Anvit Bendre and Akash Wagh 3-6, 6-2, 10-6.
The winning pair took home $620 and 18 ATP points while the runner-up bagged $360 and 10 points.
The results:Semifinals: Ramkumar Ramanathan bt Ivan Gakhov (Rus) 6-3, 6-3; N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth bt N. Sriram Balaji 3-6, 6-4, 6-4. Doubles: Final: Arun Prakash Rajagopalan & Ramkumar Ramanathan bt Anvit Bendre & Akash Wagh 3-6, 6-2, 10-6.
