Atlantic Tire Championship: Prajnesh ousts Jack Sock, enters quarters

The fourth-seeded southpaw beat the former top-10 American 6-7(3),6-2,7-6(5) in a tight round two contest, which lasted almost three hours

Cary (USA): Fighting hard, Prajnesh Gunneswaran prevailed over tough nut Jack Sock in three sets to sail into the quarterfinals of the Atlantic Tire Championships, an ATP Challenger event, here.

The fourth-seeded southpaw beat the former top-10 American 6-7(3),6-2,7-6(5) in a tight round two contest, which lasted almost three hours. The gritty Indian broke the serve of Sock, who reached a career-high singles ranking of eight in 2017 but is now placed 253, thrice and dropped his own serve only once in the slugfest.

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Prajnesh, ranked 146, next faces Brazilian qualifier Thomaz Bellucci for a place in the semifinals of the $52,080 hard court tournament. Belluci was ranked as high as 21 at one stage of his career, in which he has won four singles ATP titles.

The 32-year-old is now ranked 297. Ramkumar Ramanathan has already made an exit from both singles and doubles events.

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