Matthew woerndle

Sai Karteek Reddy Ganta:  Ramkumar Ramanathan, who grabbed the Dharwad Men’s World Tennis Tour title on Sunday, would be keen to sustain his winning ways when he steps onto the court in the ITF Davanagere Men’s World Tennis Tour, the main draw of which begins here on Tuesday.

Irrespective of Ramkumar’s win, the 28-year-old starts the tournament as an unseeded player.

Nick Chappell of the USA has been given the top billing in a strong field that will compete for a total prize purse of US $15,000. Bogdan Bobrov is seeded second while Digvijay Pratap Singh is the highest-seeded Indian at No.3. Florent Bax of France is seeded fourth while Sidharth Rawat is seeded fifth. SD Prajwal Dev, Rishab Agarwal and Niki Poonacha bring up the rear of the top eight seeds respectively.