Bhambri moves to 2nd round of Australian Open Qualifiers

Melbourne: Comeback man Yuki Bhambri impressed with his attacking net play in a straight sets win but Ramkumar Ramanathan’s 23rd attempt at cracking the singles main draw of a Grand Slam ended with a first round defeat at the Australian Open qualifiers here on Tuesday. Bhambri, who returned to the Grand Slam stage after the […]

Melbourne: Comeback man Yuki Bhambri impressed with his attacking net play in a straight sets win but Ramkumar Ramanathan’s 23rd attempt at cracking the singles main draw of a Grand Slam ended with a first round defeat at the Australian Open qualifiers here on Tuesday.

Bhambri, who returned to the Grand Slam stage after the 2018 US Open, beat 248th ranked Joao Domingues from Portugal 6-4,6-2 in just 68 minutes.

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However, Ramkumar and Ankita Raina’s campaign ended in the first round itself. Ramkumar fought his heart out before losing 3-6,5-7 to hard-hitting Italian Gian Marco Moroni in first round. Moroni came out with big serves and perfectly-placed winners.

In the women’s singles, Ankita, ranked 203, was blown away by 120th ranked Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko 6-1,6-0 in just 50 minutes on her birthday. The 29-year-old attributed the defeat to her bout with Covid-19 before reaching Australia.

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