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Indian Davis Cup stars fail to clear first hurdle


Mukund  went down to Russian Zakharov in straight sets.

Mukund  went all the way down to Russian Zakharov in straight units.
| Picture Credit score: R. RAGU

Sasikumar Mukund, Ramkumar Ramanathan and Karan Singh — members of the Indian Davis Cup crew which beat Togo 4-0 in a World Group I Playoff just lately — had been knocked out of the Chennai Open ATP Challenger within the first spherical on the SDAT tennis stadium right here on Tuesday.

Native boys Mukund and Ramkumar, and Haryana’s Karan got wildcards since they had been unable to make the minimize on the idea of their ATP Rankings for the primary of the 4 straight Challenger Tour occasions within the nation. India may also host Challenger occasions in New Delhi, Pune and Bengaluru within the subsequent three weeks.

World No. 500 Karan went down 3-6, 3-6 to Frenchman Kyrian Jacquet, World No. 273, in an hour and 13 minutes. World No. 400 Ramkumar suffered a 3-6, 5-7 defeat by the hands of Britain’s Jay Clarke, at the moment ranked 266th.

World No. 394 Mukund was eradicated following a 3-6, 7-6(3), 1-6 loss to World No. 333 Alexey Zakharov of Russia.

The outcomes (first spherical): Singles: Billy Harris (GBr) bt Eric Vanshelboim (Ukr) 7-5, 6-2; Lloyd Harris (SA) bt Yurii Dzhavakian (Ukr) 6-3, 5-7, 6-0; Elias Ymer (Swe) bt Duje Ajdukovic (Cro) 6-2, 6-7, 6-2; Timofey Skatov (Kaz) bt Hynek Barton (Cze) 6-4, 6-4; Kyrian Jacquet (Fra) bt Karan Singh 6-3, 6-3; Jay Clarke (GBr) bt Ramkumar Ramanathan 6-3, 7-5; Aslan Karatsev (Rus) bt Corentin Denolly (Fra) 7-6(4), 6-4; Alexey Zakharov (Rus) bt Sasikumar Mukund 6-3, 6-7, 6-1; Rio Noguchi (Jpn) bt Kimmer Coppejans (Bel) 7-5, 3-1 (retd.); Michael Geerts (Bel) bt Maxim Zhukov 7-2, 7-6(5); Dalibor Svrcina (Cze) bt Sascha Gueymard Wayenburg (Fra) 5-7, 7-6, 6-0.

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