Ankita Raina and Ramkumar Ramanathan bow out of French Open Qualifiers

Ankita Raina’s one more try to qualify for the singles major draw of a Grand Slam failed as she bowed out of the French Open Qualifiers with a second-round defeat, right here on Wednesday.
Ankita, up in opposition to higher-ranked German Greet Minnen, might win solely two video games in the whole match that lasted one hour and 21 minutes.
The one hundred and twenty fifth ranked Indian might convert solely one of many three break factors and ultimately misplaced 2-6 0-6.
It was Ankita’s seventh try to crack the singles major draw of a serious. She had reached the ultimate spherical of the Australian Open qualifying occasion early this yr, falling on the remaining stage.
Ramkumar Ramanathan additionally crashed out with a tame 1-6 2-6 defeat in opposition to Uzbekistan’s Denis Istomin.
Sumit Nagal is now the one Indian left in fray for a major draw berth. He will tackle Alejandro Tabilo in his second spherical.