India's Ramkumar wins ITF Futures title in Singapore

Ramkumar Ramanathan

Indian player Ramkumar Ramanathan lifted the USD 15,000 ITF men's Futures tennis title after outplaying Raymond Sarmiento of the USA in straight sets yesterday.

The top seeded Indian hardly broke a sweat on his way to a 6-2, 6-2 win over the second seeded player from USA in the final of event on Sunday night. It was the first title of the season for Ramkumar and 15th of his career.

Ramkumar, a regular in India's Davis Cup team, had recently competed in the qualifying event of the French Open but failed to make it to the main round of the Grand Slam tournament.