Prajnesh Gunneswaran crashes out in first round of Australian Open

January 21, 2020 10:43 AM

Prajnesh Gunneswaran crashes out in first round of Australian Open

India's top-ranked player Prajnesh Gunneswaran crashed out in the first round of Australian Open Tennis tournament to Tatsuma Ito of Japan at Melbourne this morning. World No. 122 Prajnesh went down 6-4, 6-2, 7-5. The match had been rescheduled yesterday because of rain. Prajnesh, entered the main draw of the men's singles event as a lucky loser in the qualifiers.  This was Prajnesh's fifth straight appearance in the main draw of a Grand Slam event having earlier playe...

ATP Challenger: Prajnesh Gunneswaran storms into pre-quarterfinals

September 4, 2019 5:29 PM

ATP Challenger: Prajnesh Gunneswaran storms into pre-quarterfinals

In tennis, Indian top seed Prajnesh Gunneswaran progressed to the pre-quarterfinals of the hardcourt ATP Challenger tournament Jinan Open in China today. He won 6-2, 6-2 over his Japanese qualifier Renta Tokuda.  In the doubles, fourth-seeded Indian pair of Saketh Myneni and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan overcame Japan's Shintaro Imai and Toshihide Matsui 6-4, 6-3 in their opening round.   Now Myneni and Nedunchezhiyan will take on Hiroki Moriya and Goncalo Oliveira who knocked out Indian pair ...

Prajnesh Gunneswaran rises to career-high ranking of 80

April 15, 2019 4:29 PM

Prajnesh Gunneswaran rises to career-high ranking of 80

In tennis, continuing his good run, India's Prajnesh Gunneswaran achieved a career-high ranking of 80 in the latest ATP rankings released on Monday.  The 29-year-old from Chennai, who broke into the top 100 in February this year, improved two places to become the sixth highest in terms of singles ranking in the history of Indian tennis.  Prajnesh had reached the third round of Indian Wells in his maiden appearance at an ATP Masters event.  He had also made it to the third round of an AT...

Prajnesh Gunneswaran stuns Nikoloz Basilashvili at Indian Wells

March 11, 2019 7:01 AM

Prajnesh Gunneswaran stuns Nikoloz Basilashvili at Indian Wells

In tennis, Indian qualifier Prajnesh Gunneswaran  achieved the biggest win of his career when he stunningly knocked world number 18 Nikoloz Basilashvili out of the Indian Wells ATP Masters event in the USA.  Playing his maiden singles main draw at this level, Prajnesh secured a hard-fought 6-4, 6-7, 7-6 victory over the Georgian in two hours 32 minutes. Prajnesh will next face world number 89 Croatia's Ivo Karlovic in the third round.  India's Rohan Bopanna also advanced to the...

Prajnesh Gunneswaran rises to career-best 94th in Tenis

February 26, 2019 11:17 AM

Prajnesh Gunneswaran rises to career-best 94th in Tenis

In Tennis, India's Prajnesh Gunneswaran achieved his career-best ranking, rising three places to 94th in the latest list. Ramkumar Ramanathan dropped nine spots to 137, while Yuki Bhambri further slipped to 171. Saketh Myneni is placed at 250th and following him is Sasi Kumar Mukund, who has also jumped to a career-best 269th. In Doubles rankings, Rohan Bopanna remained at 38th and Divij Sharan at 39th, while Leander Paes rose two spots to 73rd. Following them was Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan ...

Tennis: Prajnesh Gunneswaran breaks into men's singles top 100

February 11, 2019 6:31 PM

Tennis: Prajnesh Gunneswaran breaks into men's singles top 100

Prajnesh Gunneswaran has made it to the top-100 of Men's Singles Tennis rankings with a jump of six places that took him to 97.  Prajnesh is the third Indian player to break into the top-100 barrier in the past decade after Somdev Devvarman and Yuki Bhambri.  He reached the semifinals of the ATP Chennai Challenger last week to ensure his entry into the coveted bracket. If Prajnesh can maintain his rank inside top-100, it will secure him entry into Grand Slam singles main draws.  In the ...

Prajnesh Gunneswaran to play Arjun Khade in pre-quarters of ATP Chennai Open

February 7, 2019 2:20 PM

Prajnesh Gunneswaran to play Arjun Khade in pre-quarters of ATP Chennai Open

In Tennis, top seed Prajnesh Gunneswaran to face compatriot Arjun Khade in the pre-quarterfinals of ATP Chennai Open Challenger tournament today. Yesterday, four Indians led by Prajnesh Gunneswaran had stormed into the Singles pre-quarterfinals of the ATP Chennai Open Challenger tournament. In the second round, Prajnesh, who is the top seed, defeated Daniel Altmaier of Germany in straight sets, 6-4, 6-4. Eleventh-seeded Saketh Myneni beat compatriot Vijay Sundar Prashanth. Arjun Khade beat 13th ...

Tennis: Prajnesh Gunneswaran makes winning start at ATP Challenger tournament

October 23, 2018 7:29 PM

Tennis: Prajnesh Gunneswaran makes winning start at ATP Challenger tournament

In tennis, Prajnesh Gunneswaran made a winning start at the ATP Challenger tournament in Liuzhou, China today by defeating Frenchman Johan Tatlot 6-4, 7-5 in his opening round of the hard court event.  However, it was curtains for Ramkumar Ramanathan and Sumit Nagal, who yet again fell at the first hurdle.  The seventh seed Gunneswaran will now clash with Egypt's Mohammed Safwat for a place in the quarterfinals. Prajnesh has beaten Swafwat thrice this season. In the doubles, Arjun Kadhe...