Newport (United States) Jul 18 (IANS): Ramkumar Ramanathan lost in straight sets to Ugo Humbert to bow out of the ATP Hall of Fame Open in the second round on Thursday.
Ramkumar lost 6-7(5), 0-6 to the French fourth seed and world number 48. He played as a qualifier this year in the same meet where he finished runner-up last year.
Meanwhile, veteran Leander Paes and his Kiwi partner Marcus Daniell reached the quarterfinal with a come-from-behind 2-6, 6-2, 10-5 victory over the Australian pair of Luke Saville and Max Purcell.