Ramkumar one win away from Wimbledon main draw

LONDON: India's

Ramkumar Ramanathan

stood just one win away from his maiden Grand Slam appearance after he progressed to the final round of the Wimbledon Qualifiers with a straight-set win over

Tomas Martin Etcheverry

.


Ramkumar, who gradually slipped out of the top-200 for lack of good results, beat his Argentine rival 6-3, 6-4.

The Indian Davis Cupper, now ranked 211, did not face a single break point in the match and broke Etcheverry, ranked 204, twice in the second round match that lasted 59 minutes.

The 26-year old now needs to beat Australia's 32nd seed Marc Polmans, ranked 152.

The closest he has come to qualifying for a major before this effort was in 2018 when he reached the third round of the Australian Open qualifiers.

Prajnesh Gunneswaran

and Ankita Raina have exited from Qualifiers.