Paris: India's Prajnesh Gunneswaran crashed out in the first round of the French Open men's singles after suffering straight sets defeat against Hugo Dellien of Bolivia.
Prajnesh lost 1-6, 3-6, 1-6 against his opponent to draw curtains on his campaign in Paris.
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He was the lone Indian to feature in the men's singles main draw.
Despite the defeat, Gunneswaran was keen to look at the positives. “It’s definitely a milestone,” he said. “I’ve worked a long time to get to this place and obviously I would’ve liked a different result today.
“But it’s not the end of the world and I just have to keep getting better, put my head down and keep working.
“That’s what got me this far and I’m hoping that it will continue.”