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Patna : World No 146 Prajnesh Gunneswaran, 31, India, entered the quarterfinals at Cary Challenger in North Carolina, USA, on November 12, 2020, defeating World No 253 Jack Sock, 28, USA, in a three-set thriller in Round of 16. Gunneswaran beat Sock, a former Top 10 player, 6-7, 6-2,7-6 at Cary Tennis Park to reach QFs of the Hard Court event.
Gunneswaran won 3 break points in the match to 1 by the American. Sock, however, fired 7 Aces in the match to 5 by the Indian. Gunneswaran, in all, won 120 points in the match to 109 by the American. Both the players won 3 games each in a row. Gunneswaran committed 4 double faults to 3 by Sock. Gunneswaran will face World No 297 Thomas Belucci, 32, Brazil, in QFs on November 13, 2020, at 11.30 pm.