Prajnesh Gunneswaran remains in contention in US Open 2021 Qualifiers

The Indians had had a dreadful outing in the US Open 2021 Qualifiers, with three of them getting ousted in the opening match. However, Prajnesh Gunneswaran remains in contention, winning his opening match.

The 2021 US Open Qualifiers has seen the Indians perform terribly, with three of them getting ousted in the first round of the same. Meanwhile, Prajnesh Gunneswaran is the only Indian remaining in contention, as he won his opening match.

He was up against Canada's Brayden Schnur and beat him in straight sets  6-4, 7-6(5), having a success rate of 80% with his first serve. Besides winning 51 points off his serve, he successfully converted a couple of breakpoints from his earned three.

Gunneswaran was a break down in the opening set but bounced back to level it 4-4. Eventually, he made it two breaks in a row and took the opener 6-4.

Schnur upped his ante in the following set, hardly giving any room for the Indian to break. As the set moved into the tie-breaker, Gunneswaran emerged on top following a close contest.

He would be up against Christopher Eubanks of the United States of America in the next round. He had played the opening round of the main draw during the 2019 edition.

Earlier, Sumit Nagal was beaten by Juan Pablo Ficovich of Argentine 5-7, 6-4, 3-6. Of the 11 breakpoints Nagal earned, he could win just a couple, while Ficovich slammed 16 aces to rock the Indian.

Ramkumar Ramanathan was ousted by Evgeny Donskoy of Russia 6-4, 6-7(1), 4-6. Although the Indian served ten aces, the 12 double faults he committed led to his downfall.

Among women, Ankita Raina too lost her opening match to Jamie Loeb of the USA 3-6, 6-2, 4-6. Although she broke on five occasions, she herself was broken on six.

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