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Patna : Ramkumar Ramnathan, 27, and Arjun Kadhe, 28, both India, crashed out of ata Open Maharashtra, an ATP 250 points tennis tournament at Pune, losing their respective first round matches in three-sets on February 1, 2022..
World No 93 & 8th seed Stefano Travaglia, 30, Italy, beat World No 182 Ramkumar 7-6, 4-6, 6-3 in a close contest in first round. Ramkumar hammered 12 Aces during the match to 11 by the Italian. Travaglia won 3 games in a row during the match to 2 by The Indian. The Italian, in all, won 101 points in the match to 97 points by Ramkumar. The Indian, however, won 33 receiving points to 28 by Travaglia.
World No 137 Joao Sousa, 32, Portugal, beat World No 778 Arjun Khade 6-7, 7-6, 6-2 in first round coming back from one set down. Both the players won 1 tiebreak each. Sousa fired 12 Aces during the match to 9 by Kadhe. Sousa won 4 break points during the match to 2 by Kadhe. Sousa, in all, won 116 points in the match to 96 by Kadhe. The Portugalese won 55 receiving points to 26 by the Indian.