Sumit Nagal and Ramkumar Ramanathan Draw French Fivals in Opening Round of Bengaluru Open – News18

Indian ace Sumit Nagal is pitted in opposition to Geoffrey Blancaneaux, whereas wild card entrant Ramkumar Ramanathan will face Maxime Janvier in the lads’s singles primary draw of the Bengaluru Open starting right here on Monday.

World-ranked 121 Nagal will intention to increase his dominance over French participant Blancaneaux, whom he has overwhelmed thrice, together with in the Australian Open Qualifiers.

India No 2 Ramkumar has a 1-1 head-to-head document in opposition to Janiver of France and if he clears the primary-spherical hurdle, he’s more likely to run into high-seed Italian Luca Nardi, who has been drawn to fulfill a qualifier in his opening spherical.

Australian Adam Walton has been seeded third and will open his marketing campaign in opposition to Indian wild-card entrant Prajwal Dev.

In the doubles primary draw, Frenchman Dan Added and Korea’s Yun Seong Chung have been given the highest billing and will conflict with the Australian pair Tristan Schoolkate and Adam Walton.

Australia’s Christopher Matthew Romios and Poland’s Piotr Matuszewski are seeded second and will tackle Taipei’s Ray Ho and Australia’s Calum Puttergill.

There are 9 Indians in the doubles primary draw.

N Sriram Balaji and Andre Begemann of Germany will conflict with the German duo of Mark Wallner and Jakob Schnaitter.

The ATP Challenger occasion is being organised by the Karnataka State Lawn Tennis Association at KSLTA Stadium. Qualifying rounds started on Sunday, whereas the ultimate is scheduled for February 18.