India’s Ramkumar Ramanathan won his maiden Challenger level tennis singles title, 12 years after turning a pro, when he outplayed Evgeny Karlovskiy in the final of the ATP80 Manama event, here on Sunday.
The 27-year-old world No. 222, who had lost six Challenger finals before, beat the Russian, ranked 302 in the world, 6-1, 6-4 in 68 minutes.