The ITF title win in Kuwait may not be as perfect a comeback by his standards, but Prjanesh, now 33 and still hopeful of a return to the top-100, is willing to take it step by step.
Prajnesh had his moments against Serbian Hamad Medjedovic but the latter was way better in the crucial moments, emerging a 6-3, 6-4 winner. Karnataka ład Prajwal could not counter Taipei’s Jason Jung and bowed out after a 2-6, 2-6 defeat.
A lot of Indian youngsters tend to stumble in that jump from the junior level to turning professional, either taking it too early, too late or with misdirected steps.
Ramkumar, the number one singles player for India, failed to live up to expectations as he suffered a 1-6, 4-6 loss to his lower-ranked opponent Durasovic in one hour and 16 minutes on Friday night.