Ramkumar Ramanathan advances in Australian Open qualifiers

Ramkumar Ramanathan

Indian tennis star Ramkumar Ramanathan won his second round qualifying match in straight sets, beating France's Gleb Sakharov 6-4 7-6 (12) at the Australian Open qualifiers here on Saturday. Ramkumar, seeded 28th, sealed the match by smashing an ace to advance to the third round.

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