Maha open challenger

Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association: Wildcard entrant 21-year-old Karan Singh went down in the opening round of the main draw, while Ramkumar Ramanathan fell short in the final qualifying round of the Maha Open ATP Challenger 100 Men’s Tennis Championship here on Monday.

In the main draw matches that started on Monday, eighth-seeded Alexis Galarneau of Canada took 1 hour 3 minutes to give a lesson on the court to wildcard and 21-year-old Karan Singh 6-4,6-1. The Canadian ranked 170 in the world broke Singh in the very first game of both sets. Even though Singh looked confident in the first set, he went down tamely in the second set.

The event is being organized by the Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association (MSLTA) in association with the Department of Sports and Youth Services Govt of Maharashtra, PCMC, PMC, and PMDTA in the Tennis Stadium at the Balewadi sports complex.