Mysuru lad S.D. Prajwal Dev, representing India, made his way into the singles pre-quarterfinals of the Cycle Pure Agarbathi ITF Mysuru Open 2023 with a 6-4, 7-5 win over compatriot S. Abhinav Sanjeev at the Mysore Tennis Club yesterday. Prajwal was scheduled to meet experienced Indian player Ramkumar Ramanathan, who was seeded fifth here, but the latter had to withdraw from the tourney owing to an injury.
Prajwal, the 26-year-old Mysuru lad, will face his countryman Vishnu Vardhan in the Round of 16. But the biggest shock of the day came when unseeded Briton George Loffhagen, a world number 182, shocked top seeded Nam Hoang Ly of Vietnam 6-3, 6-4. However, the second seeded Oliver Crawford of USA and Oriov Vladyslav of Ukraine had better fortunes on the day, advancing to the pre-quarterfinals.
