Prajnesh Gunneswaran won in straight sets against Italy’s Salvatore Caruso to advance to the second round of the French Open qualifiers even as his compatriots Sumit Nagal and Ramkumar Ramanathan suffered defeats.
Nagal fought hard in the before going down to Slovakia’s Martin Kližan.
Sumit, ranked 223rd in the world, took the first set 6-4 against the world No 117 before losing the next two sets 6-4, 6-1.
Meanwhile, Ramkumar spurred hopes of a comeback was quashed by Great Britain’s Jay Clarke. After losing the first set 3-6, Ramkumar drew level, winning the second 7-5. But the Brit bounced back to win the decider 1-6.
Purav Raja and Rohan Bopanna advanced to the Lyon Open men’s doubles quarter-finals with their respective partners. Raja and his French partner Fabrice Martin beat USA’s Jackson Withrow and Chile’s Hans Podlipnik-Castillo 7-6, 7-6. And, Bopanna and Édouard Roger-Vasselin beat their French opponents Tristan Lamasine and Grégoire Barrère 3-6, 6-1, 10-5.
Among the women, Sowjanya Bavisetti dropped a set before winning her qualifying round match against Sweden’s Linnea Malmqvist at the ITF event in Changwon, Korea.
Here’s all the results:-
Women
Qualifying rounds at:-
ITF Changwon, Korea (USD 25K): Sowjanya Bavisetti beat Linnea Malmqvist (Sweden) [6] 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 in the second round.
ITF Les Franqueses del Valles, Spain (USD 25K): Pranjala Yadlapalli [2] beat Theo Gravouil (France) [12] 6-1, 6-0 in the third round.
ITF Antalya, Turkey (USD 15K): Jennifer Luikham [6] beat Maileen Nuudi (Estonia) 7-6(3) retired in the first round.
Men
| TOURNAMENT | RESULTS |
|---|---|
| Lyon Open (ATP 250 series) | * Purav Raja and Fabrice Martin (France) beat Jackson Withrow (USA) and Hans Podlipnik-Castillo (Chile) 7-6, 7-6 in the round of 16. * Rohan Bopanna and Édouard Roger-Vasselin (France) beat Tristan Lamasine (France) and Grégoire Barrère (France) 3-6, 6-1, 10-5 in the round of 16. |
| ITF Singapore F2 Futures (USD 15K) | * Karunuday Singh beat Ben Patael (Israel) 3-6, 7-5, 2-0 (retired) in the first round. DOUBLES * Karunuday Singh and Soichiro Moritani (Japan) [3] lost to Jose Daniel Bendeck (Colombia) and Connor Farren (USA) 4-6, 6-4, 4-10 in the first round. |
Qualifying rounds at:-
French Open: Prajnesh Gunneswaran beats Salvatore Caruso (Italy) 6-4, 6-4 in the first round; Sumit Nagal lost to Martin Kližan (Slovakia) 6-4, 4-6, 1-6 in the first round; Ramkumar Ramanathan lost to Jay Clarke (Great Britain) 3-6, 7-5, 1-6 in the first round.