{"id":2542,"date":"2014-12-01T18:41:05","date_gmt":"2014-12-01T13:11:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kpitsports.com\/challengers\/?p=2542"},"modified":"2021-12-01T18:42:57","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T13:12:57","slug":"kpit-mslta-atp-challenger-yuichi-sugita-overcomes-ramkumar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kpittennis.com\/challengers\/kpit-mslta-atp-challenger-yuichi-sugita-overcomes-ramkumar\/","title":{"rendered":"KPIT-MSLTA ATP Challenger: Yuichi Sugita overcomes Ramkumar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Asian Games bronze medallist Yuichi Sugita was stretched by Ramkumar Ramanathan before winning 7-5, 7-6(4) in the first round of men\u2019s singles at the KPIT-MSLTA ATP Challenger on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The fourth-seeded Japanese, ranked 144, ran into trouble in the second set before defeating the Indian teenager, ranked 226, in the MSLTA-organised event being held at the Shiv Chhatrapati tennis complex.<\/p>\n<p>Russian second seed, Aleksandr Kudryatsev, faced a difficult rival in wildcard Sidarth Rawat, the national runner-up, before winning in three sets.<\/p>\n<p>Indians advancing into the second round were third seed Somdev Devvarman, seventh seed Yuki Bhambri, Indore ATP event champion Saket Myneni and qualifier Vijay Sundar Prashant.<\/p>\n<p>Somdev beat wildcard entry Arjun Kadhe in an hour. Bhambri defeated Liang-Chi Huang of Chinese Taipei in straight sets.Myneni outplayed Frenchman Fabrice Martin. Prashant outlasted\u00a0junior S. K. Mukund.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1552914402102-0\" class=\"dfp-ad Inarticle\" data-google-query-id=\"CP3B2KzWwvQCFZFQfQodil8C8w\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/22390678\/Hindu_Desktop_Inarticle_1x1_0__container__\">\n<div id=\"v-thehindu-0\"><\/div>\n<p><iframe id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/22390678\/Hindu_Desktop_Inarticle_1x1_0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" name=\"google_ads_iframe_\/22390678\/Hindu_Desktop_Inarticle_1x1_0\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-google-container-id=\"6\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-gtm-yt-inspected-2204733_50=\"true\" data-gtm-yt-inspected-1_19=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><b>The results:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>First round: Men:<\/b>\u00a0Oleksandr Nedovyesov (Kaz) bt Danai Udomchoke (Tha) 6-3, 6-1; Somdev Devvarman (Ind) bt Arjun Kadhe (Ind) 6-1, 6-3; Yuichi Sugita (Jpn) bt Ramkumar Ramanathan (Ind) 7-5, 7-6(4); Hiroki Moriya (Jpn) bt Riccardo Ghedin (Ita) 7-6(4), 6-3; Yuki Bhambri (Ind) bt Liang-Chi Huang (Tpe) 6-3, 6-0; Kimmer Coppejans (Bel) bt Purav Raja (Ind) 6-4, 7-5.<\/p>\n<p>Saketh Myneni (Ind) bt Fabrice Martin (Fra) 6-2, 6-2; Toshihide Matsui (Jpn) bt Ti Chen (Tpe) 7-6(3), 6-4; Germain Gigounon (Bel) bt Sarvar Ikramov (Uzb) 6-1, 6-4; Adam Pavlasek (Cze) bt Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (Ind) 6-4, 6-1; Sanam Singh (Ind) bt Stefano Travaglia (Ita) 5-2 (retd.);\u00a0Vijay Sundar Prashant (Ind) bt S.K. Mukund 7-6(6), 3-6, 6-1; Adrian Menendez Macarias (Esp) bt N. Sriram Balaji 6-4, 6-4; Aleksandr Kudryatsev (Rus) bt Sidarth Rawat (Ind) 4-6, 6-3, 6-2.<\/p>\n<p><b>Doubles:<\/b>\u00a0Germain Gigounon (Bel) &amp; Fabrice Martin (Fra) bt Arjun Kadhe &amp; Ramkumar\u00a0Ramanathan 6-7(4),7-5, 10-7; Saketh Myneni &amp; Sanam Singh (Ind)\u00a0bt\u00a0Riccardo Ghedin (Ita) &amp; Yannick Reuter (Bel) 6-1, 6-0; Yuki\u00a0 Bhambri &amp; Divij Sharan (Ind) bt Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan &amp; Vishnu\u00a0Vardhan (Ind) 7-6(6), 6-7(4),10-7; Toshihide Matsui &amp; Yasutaka Uchiyama (Jpn) bt\u00a0 Ruben Gonzales &amp; Purav Raja 6-4, 6-7(4), 11-9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Asian Games bronze medallist Yuichi Sugita was stretched by Ramkumar Ramanathan before winning 7-5, 7-6(4) in the first round of men\u2019s singles at the KPIT-MSLTA ATP Challenger on Tuesday. The fourth-seeded Japanese, ranked 144, ran into trouble in the second set before defeating the Indian teenager, ranked 226, in the MSLTA-organised event being held at the Shiv Chhatrapati tennis complex. Russian second seed, Aleksandr Kudryatsev, faced a difficult rival in wildcard Sidarth Rawat, the national runner-up, before winning in three sets. Indians advancing into the second round were third seed Somdev Devvarman, seventh seed Yuki Bhambri, Indore ATP event champion Saket Myneni and qualifier Vijay Sundar Prashant. Somdev beat wildcard entry Arjun Kadhe in an hour. Bhambri defeated Liang-Chi Huang of Chinese Taipei in straight sets.Myneni outplayed Frenchman Fabrice Martin. Prashant outlasted\u00a0junior S. K. Mukund. The results: First round: Men:\u00a0Oleksandr Nedovyesov (Kaz) bt Danai Udomchoke (Tha) 6-3, 6-1; Somdev Devvarman (Ind) bt Arjun Kadhe (Ind) 6-1, 6-3; Yuichi Sugita (Jpn) bt Ramkumar Ramanathan (Ind) 7-5, 7-6(4); Hiroki Moriya (Jpn) bt Riccardo Ghedin (Ita) 7-6(4), 6-3; Yuki Bhambri (Ind) bt Liang-Chi Huang (Tpe) 6-3, 6-0; Kimmer Coppejans (Bel) bt Purav Raja (Ind) 6-4, 7-5. 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