Completing the CAPTCHA proves you are a human and gives you temporary access to the web property. Since Gunneswaran is not defending too many points, he is likely to jump to at least 80th in the ATP rankings, which will be a new career-high for him. In the doubles event, wild card entrants Leander Paes and his Israeli partner Jonathan Erlich, crashed out in the first round. In the doubles draw, Rohan Bopanna is the only Indian competing. If you are on a personal connection, like at home, you can run an anti-virus scan on your device to make sure it is not infected with malware. 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In the second set, Prajnesh held his serve but faltered in the 11th game giving Paire the match-winning lead. Prajnesh Gunneswaran lost to Benoit Paire in Winston Salem Open (File photo) A profligate Prajnesh Gunneswaran went down to world No.30 Benoit Paire in the second round to crash out of the Winston Salem Open ATP 250 tournament here. He has paired up with Canada's Shapovalov, instead of regular partner and compatriot Divij Sharan. "It has come at a good time, I am close to making the cut for the Wimbledon (main draw) and I am going to go up in the rankings. Before this, Gunneswaran had defeated then world no. The Indian Express is now on Telegram. Click here to join our channel (@indianexpress) and stay updated with the latest headlines. The Indian could not recover from that, conceding the first set tamely. The Delhi left-hander said he and Bopanna could not have made the main draw together as a team with their combined ranking. 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Spiel-Infos zum Spiel und alle weiteren wichtigen Infos auf einen Blick. Indian qualifier Prajnesh Gunneswaran knocked out world no. Check full stats Benoit Paire vs Prajnesh Gunneswaran. The Paes-Erlich pair lost to the duo of Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury 2-6 3-6. Records, stats best players everything in one place. • 97 Indian next faces world no. • Although Paire committed more double faults than Prajnesh, he hit 14 aces compared to the Indian’s three.