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India's Ramkumar Ramanathan stands 1 win away from entering Wimbledon main draw

India's Ramkumar Ramanathan stood just one win away from his maiden Grand Slam appearance

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Updated: 24 Jun 2021 5:13 AM GMT

India's Ramkumar Ramanathan stood just one win away from his maiden Grand Slam appearance, after he progressed to the final round of the Wimbledon Qualifiers with a straight-set win over Tomas Martin Etcheverry. Ramkumar, who gradually slipped out of the top-200 for lack of good results, beat his Argentine rival 6-3 6-4.

The Indian Davis Cupper, now ranked 211, did not face a single break point in the match and broke Etcheverry, ranked 204, twice in the second round match that lasted 59 minutes.

The 26-year old needs to beat Australia's 32nd seed Marc Polmans, ranked 152.

The closest he has come to qualifying for a major before this effort was in 2018 when he reached the third round of the Australian Open qualifiers.

Prajnesh Gunneswaran and Ankita Raina have exited from Qualifiers.

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