Prajnesh Gunneswaran fails to qualify for Australian Open

Prajnesh Gunneswaran fails to qualify for Australian Open

Melbourne: Prajnesh Gunneswaran on Friday failed to qualify for the main draw of the Australian Open men’s singles event after losing in straight sets to Ernests Gulbis of Latvia in the final round of the qualifiers. India’s top-ranked player Prajnesh, who is also World 122 and seeded 17th in the qualifiers, went own 6-7 (2), 2-6 to Gulbis in his final round qualifying tie. India’s campaign in the singles ended in the qualifiers with his exit. Prajnesh fought hard in the first set to take it into tie-break, where the Indian faltered to hand early advantage to his rival. In the second set, once Gulbis broke Prajnesh in the first and third games to build a 3-0 lead, it was downhill for him as he lost in one hour and 20 minutes. IANS

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