Prajnesh Gunneswaran, who made a winning start to the year 2020 on Monday, bowed out of the Bendigo Challenger Tennis tournament on Tuesday with a second-round defeat despite a tough challenge against Japan’s Taro Daniels. World number 122 player Prajnesh suffered a 4-6, 6-7 defeat against the Japanese player in the one lakh 62 thousand 480 dollar ATP Challenger competition, whose ranking is 16 places better than him.
Indian player Prajnesh was able to take advantage of only one of the six break points during the match which lasted for an hour and 30 minutes, while he saved six of the eight break points against him.
Earlier, Prajnesh had advanced into the second round after he overcame wild card holder local player Jason Kubler 7-5, 6-3 in the first round. While Ramkumar Ramanathan was knocked out of the tournament, after losing in the first round. He was pinned 6-3 2-6 3-6 by Finland’s Emil Ruusuvuori in one hour and 27 minutes.