Prajnesh Gunnerswaran bows out of Ningbo Challenger in the QFs

India's number one tennis player Pranjesh Gunnerswaran was kcked out of Ningbo Open in China after losing to Steven Diez of Cana. Chennai-born player lost to Diez in straight sets 3-6, 4-6 on Friday. 

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Prajnesh's tournament started with relative ease and he did t actually play first round after he was given a bye. In following rounds, he beat Max Purcell, Tsung-hua Yang before bowing out of tournament against Canian. Gunnerswaran h won previous two rounds in straight sets.

Gunnerswaran was t only Indian in tournament. Sidharth Rawat also played in tournament after winning a qualifier against Zhao Zhao. However, Rawat lost in first round itself to Japan's Youske Watanuki 6-4, 4-6, 6-3.

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Prajnesh Gunnerswaran has h a really positive year. He me his Grand Slam debut at Australia Open and went on to play in remaining three Grand Slams as well. Gunnerswaran also broke into top-100 in world rankings and is currently ranked 82. He's played in a number of tournaments - challengers and masters this year, helping him to find right compoetioin to improve his game. Gunnerswaran also qualified for his first-ever ATP Masters 1000 main draw where he defeated  Beit Paire 7-6(5), 6-4 in first round and followed with a hard-fought 6-4, 6-7(6), 7-6(4) win over . 17 seed Nikoloz Basilashvili.

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Sumit Nagal is ar Indian player who has me news recently. He me his Grand Slam debut at US Open, and played Roger Feder in opening match. Nagal could nick a set off Swiss great, but eventually lost match. Nagal who is considerably younger than Gunnerswaran, is ranked 128 in world. He recently won ATP Challenger in Bues Aires, becoming first Asian to do so.

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