Prajnesh Gunneswaran's match rescheduled due to rain

Melbourne: Rain played spoilsport in India's top-ranked tennis player Prajnesh Gunneswaran's Australian Open first-round match against Japanese Tatsuma Ito as it had to be rescheduled for Tuesday.

Prajnesh entered the main draw of the men's singles event as a lucky loser in the qualifiers and was slated to take on Ito, ranked 144th in the world on Monday. He is ranked World No.122.

A win for Prajnesh will pit him against World No. 2 Novak Djokovic in the second round. IANS

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