Prajnesh Gunneswaran has kept the Indian flag flying at Melbourne Park after progressing to the third and final round of qualifying in the men's singles event. Prajnesh is the only left in the qualifying event after Ankita Raina and Ramkumar Ramanathan bowed out after a valiant fight.
The top-ranked Indian male player took just an hour and 14 minutes to dispatch Spain's Enrique Lopez Perez 6-3, 6-3 in the second round.
Now, in order to make it to the main draw of a Grand Slam for the first time, Prajnesh has to find a way to go past Japan's Yosuke Watanuki in the final qualifying round.
Meanwhile, Ankita Raina and Ramkumar Ramanathan failed to progress to the third and final qualifying round after second round losses.
The top-ranked Indian women's player Ankita Raina failed to capitalise on a one-set lead against 29th seed Paula Badosa Gibert of Spain and lost 6-4, 2-6, 4-6 in 2 hours and 5 miinutes in the second round.
In the penultimate round of the men's singles event, the second-best ranked Indian player and 21st seed - Ramkumar, also failed to take advantage of a one-set lead and lost 7-5, 5-7, 6-7 (6) to Germany's Rudolf Molleker.
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