Prajnesh Gunneswaran retires midway at Challengers in Istanbul

Prajnesh Gunneswaran retired midway through the second set against Arthur Rinderknech of France in the first round of the €132,280 Challenger tennis tournament in Istanbul.

Prajnesh Gunneswaran retired midway through the second set against Arthur Rinderknech on Wednesday.

Prajnesh Gunneswaran retired midway through the second set against Arthur Rinderknech of France in the first round of the €132,280 Challenger tennis tournament in Istanbul, Turkey. Arthur led 6-4, 3-2 when Prajnesh, grappling with a painful wrist, retired.

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The Frenchman had earlier knocked out Ramkumar Ramanathan 6-3, 6-3 in the second and final qualifying round.

The results:

€132,280 Challenger, Istanbul, Turkey

Singles (first round): Arthur Rinderknech (Fra) bt Prajnesh Gunneswaran 6-4, 3-2 (retired).

Qualifying singles (second and final round): Arthur Rinderknech (Fra) bt Ramkumar Ramanathan 6-3, 6-3; First round: Ramkumar Ramanathan bt Koray Kirci (Tur) 6-3, 6-2.