Bengaluru City Police Commissioner Bhaskar Rao greets tennis player Prajnesh Gunneswaran during the inauguration of ATP challenger tour Bengaluru Open 2020, at Karnataka State Lawn...
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India's Prajnesh Gunneswaran reacts during his first round singles match against Japan's Tatsuma Ito at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia.
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Prajnesh Gunneswaran, of India, serves to Daniil Medvedev, of Russia, during the first round of the US Open tennis tournament in New York.
This was Prajnesh Gunneswaran's fifth straight appearance in the main draw of a Grand Slam event having earlier played in the Wimbledon, French Open and the US Open due to his better rankings
The unavailability of several India's regular players for the Davis Cup tie against Pakistan in Islamabad in November, including Mahesh Bhupathi, means that Leander Paes might feature as the playing captain in the squad.
India's Prajnesh Gunneswaran went down to fifth seed Daniil Medvedev 4-6, 1-6, 2-6 in an hour and 25 minutes in the first round of the US Open on Monday.
India have been drawn to face arch-rivals Pakistan in an away Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Group I tie in Islamabad in September this year, with Prajnesh Gunneswaran ready to travel with the squad.
India's left-handed Prajnesh Gunneswaran, who made his maiden appearance at the Wimbledon, had his chances but unforced errors put paid to his hopes, against Milos Raonic.