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KPIT-MSLTA Challenger: Prajnesh Gunneswaran denied second consecutive title after being beaten in straight sets by Elias Ymer
•With 48 points in his tally after the Challenger tournament, Prajnesh Gunneswaran, who is in the form of his life, will now move to his career-best singles rank of 104.
KPIT MSLTA Challenger: Prajnesh Gunneswaran enters second consecutive final with hard-fought comeback against top-seed Radu Albot
•It is the second time that Prajnesh Gunneswaran has reached the final at the Pune Challenger, having ended runner-up in the 2016 edition to Frenchman Sadio Doumbia.
Firstpost Spodcast Episode 3: Heatwave strikes England, Pune Challenger in threat and more on our daily sports podcast
Fpsports •Heatwave strikes England, Pune Challenger faces threat, farmer protests Tour de France, and Brazil winger Malcolm, who was headed to AS Roma, joins Barcelona — we discuss all this and more on Spodcast, Firspost's daily sports podcast.
India faces losing Pune Challenger due to increased financial burden following revamp of ATP Challenger Tour
•The Pune Challenger could go off the calendar next year due to additional financial burden, expected to be caused by the revamp of the ATP Challenger Tour.
Maharashtra Open: India's Yuki Bhambri says he has ability to win ATP World Tour title
•Yuki has long been India's big hope after winning the junior Australian Open in 2009 and prestigious Orange Bowl in the same year.
Bengaluru Open: Sumit Nagal beats Jay Clarke in three sets to lift maiden ATP Challenger title
•Sumit Nagal's sensational campaign at the ATP Bengaluru Open culminated in a superb fashion as he lifted his maiden Challenger-level title with a three-set win over Briton Jay Clarke.
Bengaluru Open: Yuki Bhambri enters quarter-final, Ramkumar Ramanathan bows out
•Third seed Bhambri pipped Spain's Pedro Martinez 6-2, 7-6 (0) while Ramkumar was ousted following a 7-6(3), 2-6, 4-6 defeat at the hands of Briton Jay Clarke.
Bengaluru Open: Yuki Bhambri begins title challenge with comfortable victory over Sriram Balaji
•Yuki, who had won the Pune Challenger last week, lived up to his 3rd seed billing and defeated Balaji 6-3 6-2 in a relatively easy first-round encounter.
Indian tennis players express contentment that ATP World Tour event is staying in the country
•Indian tennis players, who are already struggling to get a home tournament, heaved a sigh of relief that the country's only ATP World Tour event has not moved out of the country.
Pune Challenger: Prajnesh Gunneswaran shocks Duckhee Lee to enter men's singles final
•Putting up the best performance of his career, India's Prajnesh Gunneswaran breezed into his first ever singles final at the ATP Challenger level with a fluent straight-set win over Korea's Duckhee Lee in Pune on Friday.