Prajnesh in semis of Tiburon Challenger
Prajnesh Gunneswaran made the semifinals of the $100,000 Challenger tennis tournament in the US with a 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 victory over Frank Dancevic of Canada.
Published : Sep 30, 2017 21:45 IST
Prajnesh Gunneswaran made the semifinals of the $100,000 Challenger tennis tournament in the US with a 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 victory over Frank Dancevic of Canada. In the semifinals, the 27-year-old Prajnesh, ranked 242nd in the world, is scheduled to face eighth seed Cameron Norrie of Britain. In the ATP Tour event in Chengdu, Divij Sharan and Yen-Hsun Lu of Chinese Taipei was beaten in the doubles semifinals by Marcus Daniell of New Zelanad and Marcelo Demoliner of Brazil 6-3, 6-3. The semifinal appearance fetched 90 ATP points and $15,880 for the Indo-Taipei pair. In the ITF women’s event in the US, Karman Kaur Thandi was beaten by Marie Bouzkova of the Czech Republic in the quarterfinals. Karman failed to win a game against the Czech. Kanika Vaidya did very well to make the singles semifinals and doubles final in the ITF women's event in Egypt.
Results
Chendu Open, China Doubles (semifinals): Marcus Daniell (Nzl) & Marcelo Demoliner (Bra) beat Yen-Hsun Lu (Tpe) & Divij Sharan 6-3, 6-3. Challenger men, Tiburon, US Singles (quarterfinals): Prajnesh Gunneswaran beat Frank Dancevic (Can) 4-6, 6-4, 6-4. ITF women, Stillwater, US Singles (quarterfinals): Marie Bouzkova (Cze) beat Karman Kaur Thandi 6-0, 6-0. ITF women, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Singles (quarterfinals): Kanika Vaidya beat Emilie Francati (Den) 2-6, 6-2, 6-1. Doubles (semifinals): Pei-Chi Lee (Tpe) & Kanika Vaidya beat Melissa Morales & Kirsten-Andrea Weedon (Gua) 6-1, 6-0. ITF women, Colombo, Sri Lanka Qualifying singles (second and final round): Sasha Alexander (Aus) beat Kaaviya Balasubramanian 6-3, 6-3; Osilla Fodor (Hun) beat Angella Raman 6-0, 6-1; Alija Merdeeva (Rus) beat Aastha Dargude 6-0, 6-2; Teertha Iska beat Preethi Ujjini 6-3, 5-7, 7-5. |