Bengaluru Open Challenger: Prajnesh Gunneswaran emerged as the only Indian to
manage a win in the singles main draw of the Bengaluru Open as Ramkumar Ramanathan and Arjun Kadhe made first-round exits, along with two other home players on Tuesday. Follow Insidesport.IN For more updates
The left-handed Gunneswaran, who returned aggressively, beat French player Mathias Bourgue 7-6(4), 6-2 in the opening round of the $53,120 ATP Challenger tournament.
Bengaluru Open Challenger: Prajnesh Gunneswaran advances, Ramkumar Ramanathan exits Bengaluru Open
However, Ramkumar, who won the doubles trophy in Pune last week with Rohan Bopanna, squandered a one-set advantage to lose 6-3, 0-6, 5-7 to Australia’s Max Purcell in his opening round.
Kadhe, who had qualified for the main draw, struggled with his serve and lost his match 16 2-6 to Turkey’s Altug Celikbilek.
Wild card S D Prajwal Dev lost 2-6, 2-6 to Bulgaria’s Dimitar Kuzmanov.
Bengaluru Open Challenger: Rishi Reddy, another wild card entrant, lost 1-6, 3-6 to sixth seed Frenchman Enzo Couacaud.
Prajnesh is now the only Indian surviving in the singles draw as Saketh Myneni has already exited the event following his firstround defeat on Monday.
In the doubles, the Indian pair of Yuki Bhambri and Divij Sharan moved to the quarterfinals after the Turkish team of Altug Celikbilek and Cem Ilkel retired midway into the contest. The Indians were leading 3-1 at the time.
Bengaluru Open Challenger: Prajnesh Gunneswaran advances, Ramkumar Ramanathan exits Bengaluru Open
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