Prajnesh Gunneswaran thread
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Re: Prajnesh Gunneswaran thread
Interesting (and correct) decision to play a Challenger rather than pick up easier points in the low-level India Futures.
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Re: Prajnesh Gunneswaran thread
Yes, decent start playing after some time.
At $50K(+H) Kyoto Challenger, Japan
[Q1] (5) GUNNESWARAN, Prajnesh (IND,319) d. GONZALES, Ruben (PHI,922) 75 64
Next,
[Q2] (5) GUNNESWARAN, Prajnesh (IND,319) vs. WATANUKI, Yusuke (JPN,778)
At $50K(+H) Kyoto Challenger, Japan
[Q1] (5) GUNNESWARAN, Prajnesh (IND,319) d. GONZALES, Ruben (PHI,922) 75 64
Next,
[Q2] (5) GUNNESWARAN, Prajnesh (IND,319) vs. WATANUKI, Yusuke (JPN,778)
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Re: Prajnesh Gunneswaran thread
Yes, good to see him slowly getting into groove. These Japanese indoor courts can take some time getting used to.
He faces a tough one next up.
At $50K(+H) Kyoto Challenger, Japan
[Q2] (5) GUNNESWARAN, Prajnesh (IND,319) d. WATANUKI, Yusuke (JPN,778) 62 64
Next,
[Q3] (5) GUNNESWARAN, Prajnesh (IND,319) vs. (1) Lloyd HARRIS (RSA,294)
The South African seems a consistent performer who has won a string of futures last year. So, Prajnesh will have to play at his best.
He faces a tough one next up.
At $50K(+H) Kyoto Challenger, Japan
[Q2] (5) GUNNESWARAN, Prajnesh (IND,319) d. WATANUKI, Yusuke (JPN,778) 62 64
Next,
[Q3] (5) GUNNESWARAN, Prajnesh (IND,319) vs. (1) Lloyd HARRIS (RSA,294)
The South African seems a consistent performer who has won a string of futures last year. So, Prajnesh will have to play at his best.
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Re: Prajnesh Gunneswaran thread
Besides, Lloyd Harris served 26 aces in his last 2 Qualifying round matches, looks like a tough challenge indeed. Prajnesh has to be at his best
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Re: Prajnesh Gunneswaran thread
A straight sets loss 4-6, 6-7 , to the Top seed. and watched the match , as the South African totally dominated with his power play for which Pragnesh had no answers and was all at sea against the constant bombardment.
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Re: Prajnesh Gunneswaran thread
I watched the end of the match. Prajnesh was 4-1 up in the tie break and should not have given up that advantage. Also tried a drop shot when mp down and put it in the net.
The court looked ultra fast though and would have favoured a bigger server.
The court looked ultra fast though and would have favoured a bigger server.
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Re: Prajnesh Gunneswaran thread
He is very poor at the net and when going get tough he becomes clueless and very error prone.
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Re: Prajnesh Gunneswaran thread
The South African has upset the top seed Sunita and reached the SF.So, he seems to be good indeed.Rajiv wrote:A straight sets loss 4-6, 6-7 , to the Top seed. and watched the match , as the South African totally dominated with his power play for which Pragnesh had no answers and was all at sea against the constant bombardment.
Prajnesh is not in qualies draw at Yoklohoma next week. I wonder why he came back after just 1 week.
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Re: Prajnesh Gunneswaran thread
Yep! And he plays 6th seed Marius Copil in Round 1. Not an easy match.
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Re: Prajnesh Gunneswaran thread
Prajnesh lost in first round of qualifying easily.
Jeevan won the first round of doubles qualies and our 2 more pairs are in doubles main draw. So, let us open a thread for that.
Jeevan won the first round of doubles qualies and our 2 more pairs are in doubles main draw. So, let us open a thread for that.
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Re: Prajnesh Gunneswaran thread
Prajnesh is at a new career high ranking of 276 this week. He has already earned 5 points for this week by qualifying into $150K(+H) Anning Challenger. So, he will go up further in next week's rankings.
In fact there seems to be a close tussle as of now for India #1 between RamK and Prajnesh. RamK is now ranked 264 with 192 points and Prajnesh now at 188 points after adding this weeks's points. If Prajnesh wins R1 at Anning and RamK loses in Tallahassee, Prajnesh will overtake RamK as India #1. Yuki is close third at 285 with of course much lower number of tournaments played.
In fact there seems to be a close tussle as of now for India #1 between RamK and Prajnesh. RamK is now ranked 264 with 192 points and Prajnesh now at 188 points after adding this weeks's points. If Prajnesh wins R1 at Anning and RamK loses in Tallahassee, Prajnesh will overtake RamK as India #1. Yuki is close third at 285 with of course much lower number of tournaments played.