Indian tennis player Ramkumar Ramanathan won his maiden Challenger level singles title on Sunday, 12 years after turning a Pro, when he outplayed Evgeny Karlovskiy in the summit clash of the ATP80 Manama event.

Ramanathan, 27, who had lost six Challenger finals in his career before, beat his Russian rival 6-1, 6-4 in 68 minutes. Ramanathan, seeded sixth and ranked 222 in the world, sealed the first set when the Russian’s backhand return sailed over the baseline. This was after Ramanathan saved a breakpoint against Karlovskiy, ranked 302 in the world.