Ramkumar climbs to 168 in singles after strong show in US

RAMKUMAR IS NOW INDIA’S BEST RANKED PLAYER IN SINGLES, FOLLOWED BY BHAMBRI (212), GUNNESWARAN (214), BALAJI (293) AND SUMIT NAGAL (306).

Ramkumar Ramanathan improved his career-best rank to 168 in singles following a runner-up finish at Winnetka Challenger in USA where he earned 48 points and resultantly jumped 16 places on the ladder.

The 22-year-old from Chennai is now India’s best ranked player in the singles, followed by Yuki Bhambri (212), Prajnesh Gunneswaran (214), N Sriram Balaji (293) and Sumit Nagal (306).

In the doubles chart, Rohan Bopanna dropped a place to 22 but Divij Sharan (51) and Purav Raja (52) gained six and five spots respectively. among the members of the panel.

The India U-23 team kicked off their practice for the AFC U-23 championship to be held in Doha this month. They will be training under head coach Stephen Constantine at the Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium, commonly known as Qatar Sports Club. Incidentally, this is the same stadium where JSW Bengaluru FC lost to Air Force Club in the 2016 AFC Champions Cup. Despite the hot weather in Doha, Constantine was eagerly anticipating getting on the training pitch and shaping his plans.

India lost 0-3 to Argentina in their last group stage encounter at the Women’s Hockey World League Semi Final. World No.3 Argentina were quick to get off the blocks scoring as early as the second minute of the match. It was Rocio Sanchez who fetched Argentina an early 1-0 lead. India’s goalkeeper Savita was kept busy right from the start and unfortunately for her this goal came off Argentina’s second shot on goal.