Paris, May 25 (DIN NEWS)<\/b> Prajnesh Gunneswaran will have to wait for his maiden appearance in the main draw of a Grand Slam as he could not cross the final hurdle at the French Open qualifiers, suffering a straight set defeat against Elias Ymer, here today.<\/p>\n
The left-handed Prajnesh, ranked 183, lost 3-6 4-6 in the third and final round against the Swede, ranked 122 in the world.<\/p>\n
“I played very passive. I don’t know why? I had too many chances but did not convert. should have converted and created more,” a dejected Prajnesh told PTI.<\/p>\n
“I didn’t play aggressive enough and it cost me the match. I took just one of the nine breakpoints. It’s difficult to win with such statistics. At this level, I have to be realistic,” the 28-year-old from Chennai said.<\/p>\n
Yuki Bhambri is thus the only Indian featuring in the singles main draw at Roland Garros this year with Ramkumar Ramanathan and Sumit Nagal biting the dust in the Qualifiers.<\/p>\n
Ankita Raina had also made an early exit from the women’s singles qualifiers.<\/p>\n
So, none of the Indians could come through the qualifiers at Roland Garros this year.<\/p>\n
Yuki, ranked 94, earned a direct entry due to his presence in top-100 and will make his maiden appearance at the clay court Grand Slam.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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