Ramkumar Ramanathan fights exhausting however but once more fails to enter Grand Slam primary draw

India’s Ramkumar Ramanathan saved 4 match factors in a marathon five-setter in opposition to Marc Polmans however a Grand Slam primary draw eluded him but once more as he misplaced the ultimate qualifying spherical on the Wimbledon championships, right here on Thursday.
Showing nerves of metal, Ramkumar saved one match level after one other however ultimately misplaced 3-6 6-3 6-7(2) 6-3 9/11 to his Australian rival after battling his coronary heart out in a 3 hour and 30-minute contest.
In the present era of Indian males’s participant, Ramkumar is the one one who has not but competed in a tennis main.
Even Sumit Nagal, who began his profession means after Ramkumar, now stays in competition to compete at Grand Slam occasions.
It was Ramkumar’s twenty first try and qualify for a tennis main since 2015.
Ramkumar was down a set and a break when he started to combat higher and ultimately clawed his means again into the match.
He had a number of alternatives to interrupt his rival within the third set however squandered all. However, he stored on combating and made one more restoration by racing to a 3-0 lead within the fourth set.
The Indian succeeded in pushing the competition to the deciding fifth set during which he was in peril of getting damaged within the fourth sport however managed to carry.
He was down a match level whereas serving at 4-5 however held his nerves to outlive. Again, he confronted three extra match factors in sport 12 however saved all to stretch the competition.
Eventually, the Australian managed to interrupt his tenacious rival within the twentieth sport and booked his ticket for subsequent week’s motion.