Australian Open Qualifiers: Moroni beats Ramanathan- Adelaide International men’s doubles champion Ramanathan was ousted in the opening round of Aus Open qualifiers. He lost to 197th ranked Gian Marcio Moroni 6-3, 7-5 in the opening round of Qualifiers at year’s fresh Grand Slam. Follow Australian Open 2022 Live updates on InsideSport.IN
The 2009 junior Australian Open champion, Yuki Bhambri, defeated Joao Domingues of Portugal 6-4, 6-2. The 29-year-old Indian will next clash with world No. 143 Tomas Machac of the Czech Republic. However, Ramkumar Ramanathan and Ankita Raina were knocked out from the qualifiers in the opening round. Ramanathan lost 6-3, 7-5 to Italian Gian Marco Moroni.
Australian Open Qualifiers: Top-ranked Indian Ramkumar Ramanathan crashes out, loses to Gian Moroni in first round
While Ankita Raina fell 6-1, 6-0 to Ukraine’s Lesia Tsurenko, seeded sixth, in the women’s singles.
On Monday, Prajnesh Gunneswaran defeated third seed, Daniel Elahi Galan, from Colombia by 6-4, 6-4. He will face German Maximilian Marterer in the second round.
Australian Open Qualifiers: Top-ranked Indian Ramkumar Ramanathan crashes out, loses to Gian Moroni in first round
Meanwhile, Prajnesh Gunneswaran & Yuki Bhambri has progressed to Qualifier 2 in the Aus Open. Unfortunately, Ankita Raina received a bashing from Tsurenko in tough draw.
Lesia Tsurenko thrashes Ankita Raina in one-sided contest
Prajnesh Gunneswaran faces stern TEST against Maximilian Marterer in second round
Australian Open Qualifiers: Top-ranked Indian Ramkumar Ramanathan crashes out, loses to Gian Moroni in first round
The highest-ranked Indian who has so far had no success in qualifying to the main round of a Grand Slam after 22 attempts will seek to end his drought in this fresh season.
Going into the Australian Open, Ramkumar has had good results. In November, he won his maiden singles Challenger title in Manama, Bahrain. Earlier in July he went down fighting in the final of Cary Challenger tournament against American Mitchell Krueger.
In the Grand Slams, his best performance came in the Wimbledon Qualifiers last year, where he went till the third round only to lose a five-setter to Australian Marc Polmans. He qualified until the second round in all the other Grand Slam Qualifiers in the previous year.
Australian Open Qualifiers: Top-ranked Indian Ramkumar Ramanathan crashes out, loses to Gian Moroni in first round
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