PUNE: Ramkumar Ramanathan and Yuki Bhambri scored contrasting wins but Prajnesh Gunneswaran suffered an agonising loss in the qualifying first round at the Tata Open Maharashtra here on Saturday.
Ramkumar, a wildcard entrant, staged a brilliant comeback to oust sixth seed Otto Virtanen of Finland 2-6, 7-5, 6-2 in an hour and 53 minutes to advance to the second and final round meeting against Italian Mattia Bellucci at the ATP 250 Series event.