Ramkumar Ramanathan got past former world No. 7 and seventh seed, Fernando Verdasco, in the first round of the € 90,280 Challenger tennis on Tuesday.
Ramkumar led 6-4, 1-0 against the 108 th ranked Verdasco when the Spaniard retired.
In the ITF women’s event in Nottingham, Rutuja Bhosale lost from the brink of victory as qualifier Gabriela Andrea Knutson of the Czech Republic prevailed 5-7, 7-6(4), 6-4.
