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Ramkumar and Mukund lose, Indian singles challenge over

Ramkumar Ramanathan failed to capitalize on opportunities in the deciding third set while Shashi Kumar Mukund fought hard to end India’s challenge in the men’s singles first round at the Tata Open Maharashtra here on Tuesday. Went. Ramkumar, who made it to the main draw through a qualifier, dominated world number 62 Pedro Martinez with serves and volleys in the first set but then gave the Spaniard a chance to make a comeback, which took two hours and 28 minutes. Won 3-6 7-5 6-3.

Mukund was given a wild card due to being the country’s top singles player in the world rankings with the world number 340. He fought hard at the baseline against Flavio Coboli but the Italian scored points at key points to see off the Indian with a 6-4 7-5 victory in one hour and 38 minutes. Kishore Manas Dhamane and Sumit Nagal also got wild card entry into the tournament. Both of them also had to face defeat in the first round match on Monday.

The Tata Open is India’s biggest ATP tournament but players from the host nation failed to capitalize on the opportunities in the tournament. In other matches of the day, Netherlands’ Tim Van Rithoven beat Moldova’s Radu Albot 6-4 6-4 while eighth seed Aslan Karatsev of Russia beat Pablo Andujar 6-1 6-3. In men’s doubles, the pair of Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Sriram Balaji defeated wild card holders Purav Raja and Divij Sharan 6-4 6-3 in the first round match between two pairs of the host country.

Earlier, while Martinez was serving to win the match, Ramkumar tried to make a comeback amid cheers from the crowd but at 30-30 a forehand shot went out. Ramkumar saved match point when Martinez hit a forehand into the net. Martinez, however, won the match by scoring points on the volley. Ramkumar initially struggled with his first serve but after that he collected most of his points with serves and volleys. Martinez earned points with his strong forehand and was able to trouble Ramkumar with his returns.

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