India's best player Yuki Bhambri is back in the squad and that changes the dynamics for the three-day rubber. India terribly felt his absence when he was out of action in the last four years due to his knee injury.
Germany's World No. 228 Maximilian Marterer defeated World No. 221 Prajnesh 6-2, 7-6(8) in the second round of the Australian Open qualifiers.
India's World No 221 defeated the 119th ranked Colombian 6-4, 6-4 in one hour and 13 minutes; will face Germany's World No 228 Maximilian Marterer next.
The focus will be on Bhambri, who lost invaluable three years due to a troubling knee but in a few tournaments that he has played going into the fresh season, the talented Delhi player seems ready for the grind yet again.
Up against Otto Virtanen, ranked as low as 419 in the ATP ranking chart, the 165th ranked Prajnesh lost 3-6 6-7(1) in just one hour 25 minutes.
Gunneswaran, who was looking to make his second appearance in the US Open main draws, went down 3-6 4-6 to Eubanks, ranked 216th.
Gunneswaran got the better of the world no. 232 Canadian 6-4 7-6 in one hour 37 minutes on Wednesday night.
Indian tennis star Sumit Nagal will begin his US Open qualifying campaign for a main draw spot as he takes on World No. 246 Juan Pablo Ficovich in the opening round.
The Indian tennis body has also sent names of Balram Singh and Enrico Piperno for the Dhyanchand honour.
The left-handed Indian, ranked 148, lost 1-6 6-7(5) to his 18-year-old rival, who is ranked as low as 1038.
Ramkumar erased a one-set deficit to beat American Michael Mmoh 2-6 7-6(4) 6-3 in his opening round that lasted one hour and 54 minutes.
Yuki, who is competing on a Protected Ranking (PR) knocked out his seventh seed compatriot 6-1 6-4 in the opening round of the USD 2,048,855 hard court tournament.
Prajnesh did not have the required power in his strokes to hurt the American, losing 3-6 4-6 in the USD 52,080 hard court tournament.
The fourth-seeded Indian won 6-0, 6-3 against the sixth seeded Kazkakh Dmitry Popko in the quarterfinals of the USD 52,080 hard court tournament.
This was Prajnesh's seventh Challenger finals. The 31-year-old Indian has won two titles -- Anning (China, April 2018) and Bengaluru (November 2018).
The fourth-seeded southpaw beat the former top-10 American 6-7 (3), 6-2, 7-6(5) in a tight round two contest, which lasted almost three hours.
Prajnesh, India's second-highest ranked singles player who got the better of Turkey's Cem Ilkel in the opening round, lost 4-6 6-7(4) against Vukic to bow out of the event.
Seeded 16th Sumit loses 6-7 (4), 5-7 to Germany's seasoned player Dustin Brown while Prajnesh gets the better of Turkey's Cem Ilkel 6-3, 6-1.
Prajnesh Gunneswaran, Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Divij Sharan can't exactly tell how much they would lose but considering the fact that they are consistently in contention to be in Grand Slam main draws, the massive financial hit is not difficult to assess.
India's strategy to target Gojo fell flat with the young Croat trumphing higher-ranked Prajnesh 3-6 6-4 6-2 in one hour and 57 minutes.
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