Ramkumar Ramanathan of India clinched his third ITF title in a span of 57 days after beating Austrian David Pichler 6-2, 6-1 within the ultimate of the Kalaburagi Open on the Chandrashekhar Patil Stadium right here on Sunday.
Ramkumar pocketed the winner’s cheque of US$ 3,200 and 25 ATP factors afte successful the one-sided summit conflict that lasted simply 64 minutes.
“It feels nice to win back-to-back titles. My recreation is coming alongside good. I did play a few of my greatest tennis in these final two weeks. The courts right here didn’t swimsuit my recreation initially, however I tailored to them in a short time,” mentioned Ramkumar after the victory.
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After each the gamers held their serve for the primary 5 video games, Ramkumar made the primary dent by breaking David’s serve within the sixth recreation and by no means seemed again, meting out some very good winners to seize the remainder of the video games and win the set 6-2.
Pichler confirmed the promise of a fightback within the second set when he held his serve shedding only a level. Nevertheless, Ramkumar compelled his opponent to commit errors and himself got here up with a few cross-court winners.
The one recreation Ramkumar struggled to carry his serve was the fifth, the place the Indian Davis Cup workforce member didn’t discover solutions to Pichler’s down-the-line winners. With two breaks within the fourth and sixth recreation, Ramkumar signed off with an ace to win the title.