Yuki Bhambri And Ramkumar Lost In The First Round

Yuki Bhambri and Ramkumar Ramanathan lose in the first round of qualifying: Wimbledon 2022.

The country’s number one tennis players Ramkumar Ramanathan and Yuki Bhambri have lost in the first round of the qualifying round of Wimbledon 2022, the third Grand Slam of the year.

Yuki was defeated by Bernabe Japta Miralles of Spain while Ramanathan was defeated by Vit Kopriva of the Czech Republic.

Yuki was defeated by the Spanish player 7-5, 6-1 while Ramanathan was defeated by Kopariva 7-5, 6-4.

Yuki Bhambri started well. He took a 5-3 lead initially but Miralles soon made a comeback. The Spanish player again did not give a chance to the Indian player and registered a brilliant victory.

Yuki Bhambri, 29, got a chance in qualifying through the Injury Protected Ranking. However, they got a tough draw. Miralles has recorded several good victories in the recent past.

Miralles reaches fourth round at French Open

Spanish player Bernabé Japta Miralles made it to the fourth round of the French Open, the second Grand Slam of the year, last month via qualifying.

During this, he defeated players like Taylor Fritz and John Isner of America. However, after that, he had to face defeat against Alexander Zverev.

World-ranked 90th player Miralles will next take on Antoine Hoang of France.

Kopriva will next take on Sebastian Ofner

The 19th seed Kopariva defeated Ramanathan. Kopriva first came into the limelight last year when he defeated a player like Denis Shapavalov in a semi-final match on a clay court.

After losing the first set, Ramanathan was forced to face defeat despite an early lead in the second set. Kopriva will next face Austria’s Sebastian Oufner in the next round.

New Zealand’s squad for the series against Ireland has been announced.

From next month, New Zealand’s team has to play in a limited over series against Ireland, Scotland, and the Netherlands.

For these series, Tom Latham is in ODIs while Mitchell Santner has been made the captain of the team for T20. It has been decided to rest regular captain Kane Williamson.