Prajnesh Gunneswaran in final qualifying round of Australian Open

Sixth seed Prajnesh Gunneswaran was battling the 192nd ranked Yosuke Watanuki of Japan for a berth in the main draw of the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne.

Prajnesh had accounted for Enrique Lopez Perez of Spain and Viktor Galovic of Croatia in the first two rounds without dropping a set.

Ankita Raina went down fighting in three sets to the 142nd ranked paula Badosa Gibert of Spain in the women’s second round.

The results:

Men (qualifying singles second round): Prajnesh Gunneswaran bt Enrique Lopez Perez (ESP) 6-3, 6-3.
First round: Prajnesh Gunneswaran bt Viktor Galovic (CRO) 6-4, 6-4.

Women (qualifying singles second round): Paula Badosa Gibert (ESP) bt Ankita Raina 4-6, 6-2, 6-4.