Ramkumar advances in French Open Qualifiers

PARIS: India's Ramkumar Ramanathan advanced to the men's singles second round of the French Open Qualifiers but Prajnesh Gunneswaran crashed out following his first-round defeat, in Paris on Tuesday.

Ramkumar erased a one-set deficit to beat American Michael Mmoh 2-6, 7-6 (4), 6-3 in his opening round that lasted one hour and 54 minutes.

He will next take on Uzbekistan's veteran Denis Istomin, who also recorded a three-set win against Bosnia's Damir Dzumhur.

India's top singles player Sumit Nagal, seeded 27th, will open his campaign against Roberto Marcora. Agencies

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