Australian Open 2020 Day 0 : Photos from practice at Melbourne Park

AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2020 · QUALIFYING DRAW & PRACTICE GALLERY

India’s 4 singles contenders — Prajnesh Gunneswaran, Sumit Nagal, Ramkumar Ramanathan, and Ankita Raina — completed their final practice sessions at Melbourne Park as the 2020 Australian Open Qualifying Draw was released.

Prajnesh Gunneswaran · Qualifying R1 Schedule

17th Seed
Round Match Score Result Match Breakdown
Q1 (17)Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND, 122) vs. (WC)Harry Bourchier (AUS, 286) Court 8 11:30 AM IST 5th match on Court 8 on Tuesday

Ramkumar Ramanathan · Qualifying R1 Schedule

Men’s Qualifying
Round Match Score Result Match Breakdown
Q1 Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND, 183) vs. (15)Federico Coria (ARG, 118) Court 14 9:30 AM IST 4th match on Court 14 on Tuesday

Sumit Nagal · Qualifying R1 Schedule

Men’s Qualifying
Round Match Score Result Match Breakdown
Q1 Sumit Nagal (IND, 128) vs. Mohamed Safwat (EGY, 172) Melbourne Park Wednesday Maiden Australian Open qualifying appearance

Ankita Raina · Qualifying R1 Schedule

Women’s Qualifying
Round Match Score Result Match Breakdown
Q1 Ankita Raina (IND, 175) vs. Viktoriya Tomova (BUL, 146) Court 22 6:30 AM IST 2nd match on Court 22 on Tuesday

Australian Open Qualifying Draw Summary :

Men-

[Q1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,183) vs. (15) Federico Coria (ARG,118) – 4th match on court 14 – around 9.30/10 AM IST on Tuesday
[Q1] (17) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,122) vs. (WC) Harry Bourchier (AUS,286) – 5th match on court 8 – around 11.30/12 AM IST on Tuesday
[Q1] Sumit Nagal (IND,128) vs. Mohamed Safwat (EGY,172) – match on Wednesday

Women –

[Q1] Ankita Raina (IND,175) vs. Viktoriya Tomova (BUL,146) – second match on court 22 around 6.30 AM IST on Tuesday

Sumit with coach Sascha Nensel at Melbourne Park on Monday (Image Credits – Kshitij Murali)
Ankita practised indoors at the National Tennis Centre in Melbourne (Image Credits – Kshitij Murali)
Ramkumar hitting a slice backhand (Image Credits – Kshitij Murali)
Prajnesh hits a forehand, as American Noah Rubin looks on (Image Credits – Kshitij Murali)
Ankita hitting a forehand (Image Credits – Kshitij Murali)
Sumit prepares to receive a serve (Image Credits – Kshitij Murali)
Ankita prepares to hit a serve (Image Credits – Kshitij Murali)
Prajnesh hitting a forehand, as American Noah Rubin looks on (Image Credits – Kshitij Murali)
Prajnesh gets ready to return a serve (Image Credits – Kshitij Murali)
Ankita hitting a backhand (Image Credits – Kshitij Murali)
Prajnesh hitting a backhand volley (Image Credits – Kshitij Murali)
Sumit prepares to serve (Image Credits – Kshitij Murali)
Sumit in action (Image Credits – Kshitij Murali)
Prajnesh playing a slice forehand (Image Credits – Kshitij Murali)
Prajnesh prepared to serve (Image Credits – Kshitij Murali)
Sumit reaches out to hit a backhand (Image Credits – Kshitij Murali)
Prajnesh in discussion with Mr. Balachandran (Image Credits – Kshitij Murali)
Sumit hits a backhand (Image Credits – Kshitij Murali)
Prajnesh serves (Image Credits – Kshitij Murali)
Ramkumar hits a backhand (Image Credits – Kshitij Murali)
Sumit hitting a forehand (Image Credits – Kshitij Murali)

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