Prajnesh Gunneswaran suffered a 7-5, 6-1 loss to second seed James Duckworth in the $53,120 Challenger tennis tournament at Playford, Australia on Tuesday.
Result:
$53,120 Challenger, Playford, Australia: Round 1: Yu Hsiu Soo (TPE) bt Sasikumar Mukund 6-4, 6-2; James Duckworth (GBR) defeated Prajnesh Gunneswaran 7-5, 6-1.
$15,000 ITF: Monastir, Tunisia: Round 1: Men: David Pichler (Australia) bt Ajay Prithvi Nemakal 6-0, 6-1; Doubles (Pre-quarterfinals): Andrea Bakaloni (Ita) and Nicolas Alviani (ESP) bt Alvar Sola Pastor (ESP) and Aman Siddiqui 6-4, 6-2.
women: Yao Xinxin (CHN) bt Bhuvana Kalwa 6-1, 6-0; Franziska Szidat (Germany) bt Shreya Tataworthy 6-3, 6-2.
$25,000 ITF Women, Loughborough, UK: Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Jessica Mathews and Alisha Reyer (GBR) defeated Diana Maria Mihail (Rau) and Humera Berhams 6-3, 6-1.
$15,000 ITF Women, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt: Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Claudija Bubelite and Andre Lukosiet (LTU) bt Barbora Matusova (SVK) and Ashmita Eshwarmurthy 5-7, 6-4, [11-9],