Bengaluru (Karnataka)[India], February 19 (ANI): Indian tennis gamers Mukund Sasikumar and Prajnesh Gunneswaran made their manner into the ultimate qualifying spherical on the Bengaluru Open 2023 after registering contrasting victories on Sunday.
The Karnataka State Lawn Tennis Association (KSLTA) on the KSLTA Stadium in Bengaluru is organising the distinguished ATP Challenger occasion.
The 26-year-old Sasikumar ranked 402 on the planet, dominated the World No. 170 Andrew Paulson throughout his assured 6-1, 6-4 win. India No. 1 Gunneswaran, then again, confronted some powerful challenges from Zimbabwean Benjamin Lock within the first set, which went right into a tie-breaker however managed to maintain issues below management to safe a 7-5, 6-4 victory finally.
Meanwhile, it was heartbreak for Ramkumar Ramanathan, who put up a stable present towards the previous World No. 78 Yasutaka Uchiyama of Japan earlier than happening preventing 6-3, 5-7, 3-6 in an exciting three-setter that lasted for greater than two hours.
Four different Indians, Sidharth Rawat, Kriish Tyagi, Digvijaypratap Singh and Manish Ganesh, who got here as wild playing cards, additionally gave it their all however suffered defeats of their respective matches.
The primary occasion of the event will kickstart on Monday and the opening day shall be inaugurated by R Ashoka, Honourable Minister for Revenue, Government of Karnataka and President, KSLTA within the presence of Eric Lamquet, Director, ATP Challenger Tour, and Priyank Kharge, Member of Legislative Assembly, Government of Karnataka and Senior Vice President, KSLTA.
Top-seed Tseng Chun-Hsin, Australian Marc Polmans and No. 5 seed Luca Nardi amongst others will start their problem within the singles primary draw. In distinction, Sasikumar and Gunneswaran will battle within the ultimate qualifying spherical earlier within the day. (ANI)