Ramkumar falls in first round

Ramkumar Ramanathan was beaten 6-4, 6-2 by Laurynas Grigelis of Lithuania in the first round of the € 64,000 Challenger tennis tournament here on Tuesday.

Other results: $15,000 ITF men, Nonthaburi, Thailand: First round: Karunuday Singh bt Kelsey Stevenson (Can) 6-3, 6-3; Kittirat Kerdlaphee (Tha) bt Shahbaaz Khan 6-3, 6-1.

$15,000 ITF women, Monastir, Tunisia: First round: Giorgia Pinto (Ita) bt Bhuvana Kalva 6-4, 4-6, 6-1; Sathwika Sama bt Viktoria Glotova (Rus) 6-2, 6-2.

$15,000 ITF women, Nonthaburi, Thailand: First round: Natasha Palha bt Sravya Shivani 6-3, 6-1; Riya Bhatia bt Tamachan Momkoonthod (Tha) 2-6, 6-3, 7-6(7).

Prerna Bhambri bt Nudnida Luangnam (Tha) 6-3, 6-1; Sowjanya Bavisetti bt I-Hsuan Cho (Tpe) 6-4, 6-4; Sai Samhitha bt Yatawee Chimchum (Tha) 5-7, 6-4, 6-0.