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Ram getting blown away in the second.

Brainlessly rushing to the net now as Santillan is 5-1 up.
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After 0-4 down in the second set, RamK took a medical time-out ... Today, Santillan was looking better player on the court.

At $75K Winnetka Challenger 2017, USA

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(5) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,184) l Akira Santillan (JPN,197) 67(1) 26
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Looks like 13 consecutive weeks of tournament play on 3 continents finally began to catch up with him. Rushing the net is a tell-tale sign that he didn't feel fit enough to play his normal game.
It would be a good idea to skip Newport.
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Yes, it would be foolhardy to make a trek from Winnetaka to New port overnight or next morning and play Q1 match in the afternoon. But, as of now it looks he is going to do it.
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As expected RamK has rise to his career best singles ranking, #168.

Discussion about his Newport matches moved to Grass court season thread.
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sameerph wrote: Sun Jul 16, 2017 4:28 am Yes, it would be foolhardy to make a trek from Winnetaka to New port overnight or next morning and play Q1 match in the afternoon.
Definitely not a fool hardy decision but a wise calculated move to collect points 6 which he has already done and a shot to earn possibly even more considering the playing form he is in

Once again Ram has proved his physical prowess and a unique ability to adapt to any surface without any practice , And when the organisers were informed he would be able to reach Newport by 1 pm , they gave him the late possible start at 3 pm compared to other matches and straight from the airport he was on the courts and to go on to pummel the 6 foot 8 inches giant 6-1 in the final set , and these John Isner type giants are ever so dangerous on grass with their booming serves but Ram was not to be undone by it considering the travel he had to undertake and hoping straight from the airport on to the courts , speaks volume about him a player and talent he is.

In this forum there is a small minority who have genuine concerns about his fitness level and wish for his good urging him not to undertake these punishing schedules , but to those minority want to assure them that Ram knows exactly what he is doing and the moment he feels even the slightest discomfort he himself will pull out , and to give you an example a little over a year ago Ram had entered to play 3 challengers in China , - Zhuhai , Shenzen , Guangzzhou , but in Zhuhai he felt his body couldn't take it and last those 3 weeks due to a slight niggle he had , he withdrew from the remaining challengers even though he had direct entry in all of them and immediately he came down to Hong Kong rested and next day left for Chennai for few weeks of recovery

This new found energy is entirely due to his long hours with Emilio Sanchez at his Florida academy and any given normal day involves a minimum of 12 hours of training and punishing gym work and if one has noticed his lower body especially the thighs he has put in lot of muscles than the previous years which explains for his endurance level in retrieving ability and maintain the same consistency and physical level every week.
Moreover all his scheduling is done and planned under the tutelage and guidance of Emilio Sanchez who knows what is good and appropriate for Ram.

On a side note the Winnetka Finals I think would be a first where 2 Indians have reached the Finals of the same Challenger outside India , when Somdev won couple of years ago against James Nugnen what turned out be the longest Challenger Finals lasting over 3 hours and that record still stands today.
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Thanks, Rajeev for the detailed clarification. We are all concerned because he is now playing 14th straight week on the tour and I don't think anyone else on the tour does it. So, this is just a genuine concern as we do not want to get him injured while being in great form. More powers to him if he can keep getting great results playing week after week.
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Ram 156 in live rankings , but next week he will drop to around 174 as he has about 40 points falling off.
This drop to 174 is assuming he does not win any more matches in Newport , However with every Newport win he can narrow the gap between 156 & 174.
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It is an incredible achievement for Ramkumar to be playing the 14th consecutive week now, having started in north America, rushed to Asia (east and central), then gone to Europe (clay and grass), before flying back to north America to play on hard courts again. That he managed to play at night in Winnetka, then travel to Newport (Rhode Island) in time to arrive on court for an afternoon match -- and win it -- is utterly incredible. The guy loves to play tennis -- and loves to win!
It is incredible to watch and follow, but tennis is an extremely injury-prone sport (as we saw in the Wimbledon final yesterday), so RamK is tempting fate by playing for 14 consecutive weeks. It would be highly prudent to take at least one week off, especially if he makes it to the main draw at Newport and wins a match or more. That Newport has a relatively weak draw for an ATP tournament (as did Antalya) of course means that it is pretty clever to be playing there; if RamK is able to capitalise this week, more power to him. But even the Energizer bunny needs some rest... :D
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Disappointing result for Ramkumar at Aptos. He lost 3-6, 2-6 to Laaksonen. I was expecting a better match up than this.

Ramkumar needs to really tighten his game, and needs to come back strong for the US open qualies.
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A pattern seems to be emerging , all the recent 3 losses that have come were playing after short break , implying he needs time to settle down and get into the rhythm, compared to his earlier exploits which he achieved by playing regularly where by he got into the winning habit and carried them forward.

Few tournaments on the trot should help him get back ,but unfortunately between now and DC there aren't many tournaments to play except the US qualies.
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Aren't we being a bit harsh on RamK? He ran into Laaksonen in the first round, a guy who is currently at his career-high ranking of 93, after wins at ATP tournaments over the last two weeks over #75 Pospisil and #74 Bellucci in successive weeks.
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The scoreline of 36 26 is disappointing and indicates that he is not playing at the level which he was at the start of this US hard court season. I think the same thing happened to him last year where he started well in first couple of weeks but faltered later and lost tamely in Q1 at US open.

Hope he can do better in USO qualies this year.
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This is his 7th first round loss at challenger level in 14 starts this year, so not particularly unusual. He's reached the QF in 2 of those events although he went further and reached the finals in both of those events, so it is more like all or nothing for him in the challenger tournaments.
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A very hilarious point won by Ram in his Semi Final victory over Tommy Paul at the recent Winneteka Challenger
His raquet slipped out of his hand and standing in the court empty handed and all Tommy Paul had to do was just cross the net as Ram was without a Raquet , but he still ended up wining that point and later the match as well
It is dubbed as the worst error in Tennis History.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4CbRa_qxMU
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