Maharashtra Open 2020: Indian singles problem ends after Prajnesh Gunneswaran go out in R16

India’s top-ranked males’s singles participant, Prajnesh Gunneswaran crashed out within the pre-quarterfinals of the Tata Open Maharashtra after struggling straight-sets defeat in opposition to fourth seed Kwan Quickly-woo of Korea right here on Thursday.

Prajnesh misplaced 3-6 6-7(5-7) in opposition to the Korean at Mhalunge Balewadi Stadium.

In spite of dropping the primary set, the India no. 1 put a super display in an try to make a comeback which noticed the second one set.

On the other hand, international no. 88 Quickly-woo held his nerves within the tie-breaker to wrap up the fit and a spot within the last-eight spherical.

Prajnesh, who entered South Asia’s simplest ATP Excursion event with a right away access in the primary draw, denied his opponent fit issues on a few events.

With Prajnesh’s loss within the spherical of 16, India’s problem got here to an finish within the singles.

Previous Sumit Nagal, Ramkumar Ramanathan, Sasikumar Mukund and Arjun Kadhe misplaced their respective suits within the opening spherical.

Previous in different singles last-16 fit, Australia’s James Duckworth held his nerves right through an exciting three-set 6-7(4-7) 7-6(8-6) 6-Three win over Taro Daniel.

In spite of dropping the primary set, the sixth-seeded Duckworth made well timed comeback to win the hard-fought 2d set. On the other hand, the Australian had persevered the momentum to win the decider simply to finish victory.

In doubles, the pair of Romain Arneodo and Andre Begemann led to a significant disenchanted as they knocked out top-seeded pair of Robin Haase and Robert Lindstedt with a thrashing 6-Three 6-Three win to go into the semifinals.

On the other hand, third-seeded Jonathan Erlich and Andrei Vasilevski made their means into the final 4 spherical with a 5-7 6-1 10-Eight win pver Italian pair of Stefano Travaglia and Paolo Lorenzi.