Ramkumar Ramanathan beat Tim Smyczek of the United States 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 and qualified for the main draw of the $773,985 New York Open ATP tournament on Monday.
In the main draw, Ramkumar has been drawn to play Jason Jung of Chinese Taipei in the first round, and a win could see him face second-seeded American Francis Tiafoe.
In the Bangkok Challenger, top seed Prajnesh Gunneswaran was beaten in the second round 6-3, 6-1 by J.C. Aragone of the United States. Sasi Kumar Mukund lost 6-1, 6-1 in the first round to Kwon Soonwoo of Korea.
The results:
$773,985 ATP, Uniondale, USA: Qualifying singles (second and final round): Ramkumar Ramanathan bt Tim Smyczek (USA) 6-3, 3-6, 7-5.
$54,160 Challenger, Bangkok: Singles: Second round: J.C. Aragone (USA) bt Prajnesh Gunneswaran 6-3, 6-1. First round: Kwon Soonwoo (Kor) bt Sasi Kumar Mukund 6-1, 6-1.
$25,000 ITF men, Aktobe, Kazakhstan: Doubles: Pre-quarterfinals: Lucas Catarina (Mon) & Luca Giacomini (Ita) bt Kunal Anand & Sidharth Rawat 7-6(10), 6-4.
