Prajnesh Gunneswaran lost 6-2, 6-2 to Marcel Granollers of Spain on grass in the first round of the ATP tournament on Monday.
Ramkumar Ramanathan won his second and final qualifying round, against Yuichi Sugita of Japan 6-4, 6-7(6), 6-3, to make the main draw.
The results:
$652,245 ATP, Newport, US: First round: Marcel Granollers (Esp) bt Prajnesh Gunneswaran 6-2, 6-2.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Mao-Xin Gong & Ze Zhang (Chn) bt Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan & Purav Raja 7-6(3), 7-6(10).
Qualifying singles (second and final round): Ramkumar Ramanathan bt Yuichi Sugita (Jpn) 6-4, 6-7(6), 6-3.
$135,400 Challenger, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan: First round: Sidharth Rawat bt Sanjar Fayziev (Uzb) 6-2, 6-2.