Raina, Ramkumar lose in qualifiers

MUMBAI: Ankita Raina and Ramkumar Ramanathan lost in the second round of the French Open qualifiers on Wednesday. Raina, world No. 182 in singles, proved no match to the 125thranked Greet Minnen, losing 2-6, 0-6. The 215thranked Ramkumar went down 1-6, 2-6 to Uzbekistan’s Denis Istomin, a former top-50 player currently ranked 203. Late on Tuesday night, Sumit Nagal, India’s highest-ranked singles player, sailed into the second qualifying round after a 6-3, 6-3 win against Roberto Marcora.