Prajnesh Gunneswaran was in fine form as he beat Saketh Myneni 6-2, 6-4 in the second round of the $162,480 Challenger tennis tournament on Tuesday.
Prajnesh converted all three breakpoints and also saved the only breakpoint he faced.
In the pre-quarterfinals, second-seeded Prajnesh will play Adam Pavlasek of the Czech Republic.
Fifth seed Ramkumar Ramanathan also moved into the pre-quarterfinals, defeating Yan Bai of China 6-4, 6-4, after getting a bye in the first round. He will meet Zhang Zhizhen of China.
The results: $162,480 Challenger, Anning, China: Second round: Ramkumar Ramanathan bt Yan Bai (Chn) 6-4, 6-4; Prajnesh Gunneswaran bt Saketh Myneni 6-2, 6-4.
$108,320 Challenger, Sarasota, US: First round: Sumit Nagal bt Jelle Sels (Ned) 6-7(5), 6-2, 6-3.
$25,000 ITF men, Shymkent, Kazakhstan: First round: Timofei Skatov (Kaz) bt Manish Sureshkumar 6-0, 4-6, 6-2.
$25,000 ITF men, Abuja, Nigeria: First round: Kunal Anand bt Uche Oparaoji (Ngr) 6-0, 6-0; Danylo Kalenichenko (Ukr) bt Suraj Prabodh 6-4, 7-5; Dan Added (Fra) bt Vijay Sundar Prashanth 6-3, 6-1.
