In Tennis, Ramkumar Ramanathan made a second round exit from the ATP Hall of Fame Open at Newport, US today following a straight set defeat against Ugo Humbert.

Ramkumar, who was a runner-up last year but played as a Qualifier this year, lost 6-7, 0-6 to the French fourth seed and world number 48.

Meanwhile, veteran Leander Paes and his Kiwi partner Marcus Daniell have reached the quarterfinals with a come-from-behind 2-6, 6-2, 10-5 win over Australian pair of Luke Saville and Max Purcell. They next face Matthew Ebden and Robert Lindstedt.