Tata Open News
Rohan Bopanna and Ramkumar Ramanathan continued their brilliant run at the Tata Open Maharashtra and entered doubles final after a thrilling win over Sadio Doumbia and Fabien Reboul at the Balewadi Stadium in Pune on Saturday.
In the battle between the big-serving tall players, the South African world number six tamed the 'gentle giant' 7-6(4) 6-7(2) 7-6 (5) to claim his sixth career title.
Beating world number eight Dominic Thiem at Antalya Open in 2017 remains the major highlight of Ramkumar's career.
Ramkumar will open the new season in Pune at the Tata Open Maharashtra, where the organisers have awarded him and Prajnesh Guneswaran wild card entries.
Gilles Simon made his first ATP World Tour final in more than two years with a 1-6, 6-3, 6-2 win on Friday.
Croatian Marin Cilic on Wednesday acknowledged that there were issues with regard to players' payment during the International Premier Tennis League (IPTL), which shut down last year due to financial crunch.
India’s top singles player Yuki Bhambri got an easy season-opener against wild-card entrant Arjun Kadhe while tournament-favourite Marin Cilic and defending champion Roberto Bautista Agut got first-round byes at the Tata Open Maharashtra.
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