Prajnesh Gunneswaran in third round
Three Indians led by top-seed Prajnesh Gunneswaran powered their way to the third round of theChennai Open Challenger 80 ATP tennis tournament here Wednesday.
Gunneswaran beat Daniel Altmaier of Germany 6-4, 6-4.
He broke serve in the ninth game and held confidently to capture the opening set.
In the second set, he broke him in the very first game which proved to be the decisive.
The Indian then held serve throughout the match with a great degree of comfort to close out the set 6-4 and the match.
Another Indian,11thseeded Saketh Myneni beat Chennai-based N Vijay Sundar Prashanth 6-4, 6-3 to advance.
Arjun Khade hammered seven aces to register an upset win over 13thseed Jose Hernandez-Fernandes of the Dominican Republic in two relatively easy sets 6-3, 6-2.
On Court 1, second seed Corentin Moutet of France was stretched for over two and a half hours by Luke Saville of Australia before the French man ran out a deserving winner.
James Duckworth, the seventh seed from ...