India’s challenge in men’s singles at the French Open qualifiers came to an end on Wednesday as Prajnesh Gunneswaran lost in straight sets to Aleksandar Vukic in round two.
Having defeated Turkey’s Cem Ilkel 6-3 6-1 in his opening round, world No 141 Prajnesh went down 4-6 6-7(4) to Australia’s Vukic on Wednesday.
Prajnesh loses a tight match to big serving 🇦🇺Aleksandar Vukic 4-6 6-7(4) in the 2nd round of RG Qualies. Vukic served 19 aces to Prajnesh’s 3#RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/JIsYjEVsmp
— Indian Tennis Daily (@IndTennisDaily) September 23, 2020
Prajnesh faced heartbreak last month after narrowly missing out on the main draw of the US Open due to the bio-bubble rules.
The 30-year-old, who was among the alternates and flew to New York, missed out by one spot as the new rules stated that a doubles player would get into the draw even if a singles spot…
