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Prajnesh Gunnewaran Enters Australian Open Main Draw, May Face Novak Djokovic In 2nd Round


Last year, the Chennai player had come through the qualifiers in Melbourne but made the cut at Wimbledon, French Open and the US Open owing to better ranking. A good draw has put Prajnesh against Japanese Tatsuma Ito, ranked 22 places below the Indian at 144.

This will be the first meeting of the duo. The 30-year-old Indian now not only has the opportunity to win his maiden Grand Slam main draw match but also to set up a showdown with Serbian great Djokovic.

Prajnesh said he is not looking beyond the first round.

“I am very happy I got the lucky loser spot and I am only thinking about my first round now. I will try to make the most of it. Ito is a very good player. He was in top-100 and is experienced. I will need to play well to beat him,” Prajnesh told PTI.

At the 2019 US Open, Sumit Nagal took on legendary Roger Federer and caused a few ripples by a taking a set off the Swiss.

The hard-working Prajnesh lost his top-100 rank towards the end of 2019 season as he suffered a few reversals. Nagal and Ramkumar Ramanathan had failed to enter the main draw as both of them lost in the qualifiers.



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