Sasikumar, Prajnesh off to winning starts at Bengaluru Open
The prestigious ATP Challenger event is being organised by the Karnataka State Lawn Tennis Association (KSLTA) at the KSLTA Stadium in Bengaluru.
The prestigious ATP Challenger event is being organised by the Karnataka State Lawn Tennis Association (KSLTA) at the KSLTA Stadium in Bengaluru.
Prajnesh who had reached the second round of the qualifying in the first Open of the year in Australia this year hopes for a better show at his favourite hunting ground.
Gunneswaran, who had made the first round in the 2019 US Open, meets American Christopher Eubanks in the next round
Former Davis Cup captain and one of the greatest Indian tennis players Mahesh Bhupathi says the need of the hour is to "keep the ecosystem alive".
The ITF, WTA and ATP have shut their respective tours and the French Open too has been pushed back to September-October due to the deadly COVID-19 outbreak.
Croatia's Mate Pavic and Franko Skugor will now face Leander Paes and Rohan Bopanna in the doubles before Cilic takes on Gunneswaran and Gojo clashes with Ramkumar.
Prajnesh Gunneswaran, who lost the first two sets without giving much of a fight to his opponent, came hard in the third set and broke Tatsuma Ito.
Last year also, Prajnesh Gunneswaran had come through the qualifiers in Melbourne but made the cut at Wimbledon, French Open and the US Open.
Prajnesh Gunneswaran, ranked 122nd in the world and seeded 17th in the qualifiers, lost 6-7 (2) 2-6 to Gulbis in his final round qualifying match.
While Prajnesh Gunneswaran entered the second round of the Australian Open qualifiers, Ramkumar Ramanathan crashed out of the tournament.
