PRAJNESH GUNNESWARAN BEATEN IN SECOND ROUND IN MERCEDES CUP ATP TENNIS NEW DELHI, JUNE 14

Prajnesh Gunneswaran was unable to set up a dream date with Roger Federer on grass, as he was beaten 7-6(4), 6-3 by Giudo Pella of Argentina in the pre-quarterfinals of the € 729,340 Mercedes Cup ATP tennis tournament in Stuttgart on Thursday.

In a keen contest, Pella, regular top-100 player in the professional circuit for the last few years, converted one of five breakpints and saved two breakpoints that he faced, to meet Federer in the quarterfinals.

Prajnesh collected 32 ATP points, including 12 for qualification, and pocketed € 11,210 from his maiden appearance in an ATP event.

Ankita Raina in partnership with Ingrid Neel of the US was beaten in the doubles quarterfinals of the $100,000 ITF women’s event in Manchester by Harriet Dart and Katy Dunne.

The results:

€ 729,340 Mercedes Cup ATP, Stuttgart, Germany
Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Guido Pella (Arg) bt Prajnesh Gunneswaran 7-6(4), 6-3.

$100,000 ITF women, Manchester, Britain
Doubles (quarterfinals): Harriet Dart & Katy Dunne (GBR) bt Ingrid Neel (US) & Ankita Raina 6-2, 6-3.

$15,000 ITF men, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Singles (quarterfinals): Mohit Mayur bt Abhinav Sanjeev Shanmugam 6-4, 6-0; Manish Sureshkumar bt Pruchya Isaro (Tha) 6-4, 7-5.

Doubles (semifinals): Diego Matos & Thales Turini (Bra) bt Kunal Anand & Kaza Vinayak Sharma 7-6(4), 7-6(3).

$15,000 ITF men, Harare, Zimbabwe
Singles (quarterfinals): Benjamin Lock (Zim) bt Anirudh Chandrasekar 6-4, 6-4; Mehluli Don Ayanda Sibanda (Zim) bt Dhruv Sunish 6-2, 7-5.

Doubles (semifinals): Benjamin Lock & Courtney John Lock (Zim) bt Tarun Anirudh Chilakalapudi & Niki Poonacha 6-1, 6-3.

$25,000 ITF women, Obidos, Portugal
Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Berfu Cengiz (Tur) bt Mahak Jain 6-4, 7-5.

Doubles (semifinals): Giulia Gatto-Monticone & Giorgia Marchetti (Ita) bt Francisca Jorge (Por) & Snehadevi Reddy 6-4, 6-2.