PARIS: India's
Prajnesh Gunneswaran
won his encounter while
Ramkumar Ramanathan
and
Sumit Nagal lost their respective men's singles opening round matches at the
French Open Qualifiers
.
Gunneswaran beat Italian Salvatore Caruso in straight sets 6-4 6-4 to enter the second round in an otherwise disappointing day.
The left-handed Prajnesh (world no 183) recently broke into top-200 after winning Kunming Open Challenger in Anning, China.
However young Sumit Nagal frittered away a one-set advantage against 10th seed Slovakian Martin Klizan to lose his opening round encounter.
Nagal was up against a player, who recently enjoyed a giant-killing spree at the Barcelona Open, defeating Novak Djokovic and
Feliciano Lopez
. World No 117 Klizan won 4-6 6-4 6-1 in just over two hours.
Ramkumar, who was seeded 12th lost to world No 225 Jay Clarke 3-6 7-5 1-6 in an hour and 51 minutes.
Yuki Bhambri has earned direct entry into the main draw after breaking into top-100.
Start a Conversation
Post comment