In the women's singles qualifiers being held in Dubai, Ankita overcame a second-set lapse to win 6-2 2-6 6-3 in the second round against the Ukrainian.
Ramkumar, who is yet to make a Grand Slam main draw appearance, ousted 10th seed Argentine Facundo Bagnis with a hard-fought 7-6(6) 7-5 victory in one hour and 53 minutes in men's singles first round.
The unseeded Indian, celebrating his 26th birthday, lost the summit clash 4-6, 4-6 to his seventh seed rival Sebastian Korda in Germany.
Ramkumar Ramanathan fought back from a set down to beat Germany's Marvin Moller 4-6, 6-1, 6-1 in the semis of Eckental Challenger tennis tournament.
Prajnesh Gunneswaran reached the second round of Australian Open qualifiers, but Ankita Raina and Ramkumar Ramanathan were knocked out.
Prajnesh Gunneswaran secured a straight-set win but Ramkumar Ramanathan lost in the first round of the Canberra International.
Raja and Ramanathan won 7-6(3) 6-3 to pocket USD 3100 and 80 ATP points, while Arjun and Saketh had to be content with USD 1800 and 48 ATP points.
In the singles semifinals, Duckworth defeated Ramanathan 7-6 (8), 6-2 in an 1 hour 35 minute encounter.
In their first meeting this year at the Challenger level, 25-year-old Ramkumar, seeded sixth, notched up a 6-4, 7-6 (5) win over Indian No 2 Sumit Nagal, seeded third, in a 97-minute thriller.
With both Nagal and Ramkumar now available, India will have its best singles players taking on Pakistan.
Djere, ranked 86, had lost both his earlier Davis Cup matches before clashing with Ramkumar, ranked 135, at Kraljevo Sports Venue.
Having got first-round byes yesterday, Indians had a busy day with matches in both singles and doubles.
Ramkumar Ramanathan had said he would love to win a medal with Leander Paes at the Asian Games, beginning August 18 in Jakarta and Palembang.
Ramkumar, who ended a runner-up at the Newport event last week, lost 4-6, 4-6 to American world number five Taylor Fritz.
The 23-year-old from Chennai beat the American 6-4 7-5 to become the first Indian in seven years to make it to the singles title round on ATP World Tour.
The world number 161 has made his first ever entry into the last four of any ATP tour.
Leander Paes bowed out after losing his doubles quarter-final at the Hall of Fame Open grasscourt tournament in Newport.
Yuki, who qualified for the Indian Wells Masters and went on to scalp world number 12 Lucas Puille, dispatched Argentina's Olivo 6-4 6-1 in the opening round of the USD 7,972,535 hard court event.
In his opening round in the main draw, Yuki will fight it out with fellow qualifier Nicolas Mahut, ranked 101, and if he manages to cross the first hurdle he will be up against world number 12 Lucas Pouille.
Yuki, seeded ninth, edged past America's Dennis Novikov 7-5, 7-5 while Ramkumar defeated Michael Mmoh 6-3, 7-5 in his first-round match in the qualifiers on Wednesday.
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