ATP Nottingham Trophy: India's Ramkumar Ramanathan enters in 2nd round

Indian tennis player Ramkumar Ramanathan advanced to the second round of the grass-court tournament, Nottingham Trophy, on Tuesday with a victory of 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (1) over 229th ranked Leonardo Mayer of Argentina.

Ramanathan, who is ranked 211th in the ATP Tour, will face Kamil Majchrzak of Poland in the ATP Challenger tournament.

Earlier, Indian player Prajnesh Gunneswaran had withdrawn due to injury, while Sumit Nagal lost in the first round of qualifiers.

ATP NOTTINGHAM CHALLENGER (CH125) : Fantastic win for @ramkumar1994 in Nottingham, beating the former ATP #21 Leo Mayer from a set down in the opening round!

[R1] (Q) Ramkumar Ramanathan (,219) d. Leonardo Mayer (,229) 3-6 6-3 7-6(1) pic.twitter.com/xpzugNgBBr

— Indian Tennis Daily (@IndTennisDaily) June 15, 2021