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Biella ATP Challenger: Sumit Nagal, Prajnesh Gunneswaran Crash Out in First Round
Indian tennis players Sumit Nagal and Prajnesh Gunneswaran, lost in their respective first-round singles qualifiers at the ATP Challenger Biella, Italy. Nagal lost 6-7 (4-7), 4-6 to Slovenian opponent, Blaz Kavcic. Gunneswaran lost 7-6 (7-5),4-6 to Maxime Cressy. Earlier, the players failed to show progress in the US Open where Nagal had lost in the first-round singles qualifier and Gunneswaran stepped out in the second round.
Tags: Sumit Nagal, Prajnesh, Biella ATP Challenger, TENNIS
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French Open: India's Prajnesh Gunneswaran Enters Second Round, Sumit Nagal Out
In the French Open Qualifiers, India's top-ranked Sumit Nagal exited after losing in straight sets to Germany's Dustin Brown 6-7(4), 5-7. However, India's second-highest ranked singles player Prajnesh Gunneswaran entered round two after defeating Turkey's Cem Ikel. Despite trailing in the first set, Prajnesh won the match by 6-3, 6-1. He is expected to face Aleksandar Vukic or Carlos Alcaraz in round two.
Tags: TENNIS, French Open, Rolland Garros, Prajnesh
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