Ramkumar enters doubles quarterfinals of Bengaluru Open 2023

India’s Ramkumar Ramanathan alongside along with his Italian associate Francesco Maestrelli stormed into the doubles quarterfinals of the Bengaluru Open 2023 on Wednesday.

Ramkumar and Maestrelli etched a 6-2, 7-6 (4) win over Colin Sinclair of the North Mariana Islands and Miljan Zekic of Serbia on the KSLTA courts. Sinclair and Zekic had changed Sumit Nagal and Mukund Sasikumar after the Indians withdrew from the occasion. Nagal struggled bodily in his singles tie on Tuesday and is because of face Australian Max Purcell, the winner in Chennai final week, on Thursday.

Serbia’s Hamad Medjedovic battled by way of a troublesome three-setter to beat United States’ Nicolas Moreno De Alboran 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 to enter the singles quarterfinals.

Medjedovic, 19, secured a principal draw place solely as a result of Frenchman and former top-10 participant Lucas Pouille didn’t enter. But with two scientific wins, the Serb, who was handpicked by Novak Djokovic to coach at his middle, has capitalised effectively.

Serbia’s Hamad Medjedovic performs a shot towards USA’s Nicolas Moreno De Alboran throughout the Bengaluru Open ATP Challenger in Bengaluru on Wednesday.
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Against Moreno De Alboran, who completed runner-up within the Chennai Challenger final week, Medjedovic saved six of eight break-points and took three of the 4 on his opponent’s serve. With almost each different statistic comparable, this finally proved the distinction.