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Indian top seed Prajnesh Gunneswaran progressed to the pre-quarterfinals of the hardcourt ATP Challenger tournament Jinan Open in China today. He won 6-2, 6-2 over his Japanese qualifier Renta Tokuda. 

In the doubles, fourth-seeded Indian pair of Saketh Myneni and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan overcame Japan’s Shintaro Imai and Toshihide Matsui 6-4, 6-3 in their opening round.  

Now Myneni and Nedunchezhiyan will take on Hiroki Moriya and Goncalo Oliveira who knocked out Indian pair of N Sriram Balaji and Vishnu Vardhan in the other first-round match of the draw. 

Another Indian in the fray is Divij Sharan. He along with his top-seeded partner Mathew Ebden had prevailed 6-2 6-7, 11-9 over Steven Diez and Enrique Lopez Perez on Tuesday.

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