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Prajnesh Fails to Qualify For Australian Open Main Draw

Prajnesh Gunneswaran lost in straight sets to Ernests Gulbis of Latvia in the final round of the qualifiers.

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  • Prajnesh Gunneswaran lost in straight sets to Ernests Gulbis of Latvia in the final round of the qualifiers.
  • Prajnesh is India’s top-ranked player, who is also world number 122 and seeded 17th in the qualifiers.
  • On Thursday, Sumit Nagal lost his first qualifying round match against Egypt’s Mohamed Safwat.
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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 number 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.
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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.

On Thursday, Prajnesh had kept his hopes alive of making it to the main draw after registering a tremendous comeback victory in the second round of the qualifiers. Prajnesh defeated Germany's Yannick Hanfmann 1-6, 6-2, 6-1 in an intense match that lasted for one hour and 22 minutes.

On Thursday, Sumit Nagal lost his first qualifying round match against Egypt’s Mohamed Safwat. Nagal, ranked 128, lost to World no. 172 Mohamed Safwat 6-7, 2-6 in the match that lasted for almost an hour and a half.

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