At Australian Open 2019, Melbourne, Australia
[Q3] (6) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,112) bt Yosuke Watanuki (JPN,192) 67(5) 64 64
[R1] (Q) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,112) vs Frances Tiafoe (USA,39)
What a story of Prajnesh (fondly known as a Gunner on the circuit)! At age of 29 yrs. he qualifies for his first grand slam main-draw ... He will face #NextGen young American Frances Tiafoe in the first round ... In the last year, he lost in the first qualifying round to Tobias Kamke ... In February, his match in the live fifth rubber in the Davis Cup tie against China proved to be a game changer for Prajnesh ... He scored a superb win over reigning US Open junior champ Wu Yibing to win the tie for India ... After that, his performance was clearly rising, won the US$150K Anning Challenger in Kunming ... Lost in the final qualifying round of the French Open ... Qualified for the Stuttgart ATP on the grass and scored an upset win over #25 Denis Shapovalov ... Another big challenger title in the US$150K Bangalore Challenger ... I really wish that he remains injury free and plays regularly in the grand slam main-draw for at least the next 3-4 years and achieve the top-50 world ranking.
Here, Prajnesh overcame a tricky challenge of a rising Japanese youngster, Yosuke Watanuki in a well fought three sets ... In the first set, Prajnesh took a break in the 6th game to lead 4-2 but Watanuki immediately broke back for 4-3 ... After that, both players held their respective service games ... In the tie-break, Watanuki took an early 0-3 lead but Prajnesh came back winning next 4 points, 4-3 ... After that Prajnesh lost both points on his serve, 4-5 and Watanuki converted the 2nd set point for winning the set ... In the second set, Prajnesh broke Watanuki in the 3rd game to lead 2-1 ... After that both players held their respective service games, Prajnesh had a set point on Watanuki's serve in the 9th game but Watanuki saved that ... Prajnesh held his serve in the 10th game for taking the match into the final set ... In the third set, Prajnesh broke Watanuki in the 1st game, 1-0, but immediately broke back by Watanuki, 1-all ... Prajnesh took a crucial break in the 5th game, 3-2 and after that, he held his service games for a big victory in his career.
At $54K+H Vietnam Tennis Open 2019, Da Nang City, Vietnam
[SF] (1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) bt (4) Timur Khabibulin (KAZ)/ Tsung-Hua Yang (TPE) 67(3) 63 10-4
[F] (1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) vs (2) Cheng-Peng Hsieh (TPE)/ Christopher Rungkat (INA)
Lee and Miguel scored a fighting comeback win over the 4th seeds Khabibulin and Yang ... After losing the first set in the tie-break they made a strong comeback to win next set and the match tie-break easily ... The final will be between the top two seeds.
[Q3] (6) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,112) bt Yosuke Watanuki (JPN,192) 67(5) 64 64
[R1] (Q) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,112) vs Frances Tiafoe (USA,39)
What a story of Prajnesh (fondly known as a Gunner on the circuit)! At age of 29 yrs. he qualifies for his first grand slam main-draw ... He will face #NextGen young American Frances Tiafoe in the first round ... In the last year, he lost in the first qualifying round to Tobias Kamke ... In February, his match in the live fifth rubber in the Davis Cup tie against China proved to be a game changer for Prajnesh ... He scored a superb win over reigning US Open junior champ Wu Yibing to win the tie for India ... After that, his performance was clearly rising, won the US$150K Anning Challenger in Kunming ... Lost in the final qualifying round of the French Open ... Qualified for the Stuttgart ATP on the grass and scored an upset win over #25 Denis Shapovalov ... Another big challenger title in the US$150K Bangalore Challenger ... I really wish that he remains injury free and plays regularly in the grand slam main-draw for at least the next 3-4 years and achieve the top-50 world ranking.
Here, Prajnesh overcame a tricky challenge of a rising Japanese youngster, Yosuke Watanuki in a well fought three sets ... In the first set, Prajnesh took a break in the 6th game to lead 4-2 but Watanuki immediately broke back for 4-3 ... After that, both players held their respective service games ... In the tie-break, Watanuki took an early 0-3 lead but Prajnesh came back winning next 4 points, 4-3 ... After that Prajnesh lost both points on his serve, 4-5 and Watanuki converted the 2nd set point for winning the set ... In the second set, Prajnesh broke Watanuki in the 3rd game to lead 2-1 ... After that both players held their respective service games, Prajnesh had a set point on Watanuki's serve in the 9th game but Watanuki saved that ... Prajnesh held his serve in the 10th game for taking the match into the final set ... In the third set, Prajnesh broke Watanuki in the 1st game, 1-0, but immediately broke back by Watanuki, 1-all ... Prajnesh took a crucial break in the 5th game, 3-2 and after that, he held his service games for a big victory in his career.
At $54K+H Vietnam Tennis Open 2019, Da Nang City, Vietnam
[SF] (1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) bt (4) Timur Khabibulin (KAZ)/ Tsung-Hua Yang (TPE) 67(3) 63 10-4
[F] (1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) vs (2) Cheng-Peng Hsieh (TPE)/ Christopher Rungkat (INA)
Lee and Miguel scored a fighting comeback win over the 4th seeds Khabibulin and Yang ... After losing the first set in the tie-break they made a strong comeback to win next set and the match tie-break easily ... The final will be between the top two seeds.
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