<p class="title">India's number one singles player Prajnesh Gunneswaran beat Jay Clarke in straight sets to make the main draw of the Miami Open, his second straight Masters appearance.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Prajnesh defeated Great Britain's Clarke 6-4, 6-4 in the second qualifying round of the ATP-1000 tennis tournament in Miami to progress to the main draw.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Having reached a career-high rank of 84 earlier this week, the India number one began on a strong note, breaking Clarke in the first game of the match. He saved two break points in the other games on his way to sealing the first set.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The starting of the second game was no different as the 29-year-old Indian again broke his 20-year-old opponent in the first game. Clarke managed to save two break points but could not prevent Prajnesh from sealing the set and match in his favour.</p>.<p class="bodytext">This is Prajnesh's second straight Masters main draw appearance, coming a week after reaching the third round at Indian Wells.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Indian will meet Jaume Munar of Spain in the first round main draw on Friday.</p>
<p class="title">India's number one singles player Prajnesh Gunneswaran beat Jay Clarke in straight sets to make the main draw of the Miami Open, his second straight Masters appearance.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Prajnesh defeated Great Britain's Clarke 6-4, 6-4 in the second qualifying round of the ATP-1000 tennis tournament in Miami to progress to the main draw.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Having reached a career-high rank of 84 earlier this week, the India number one began on a strong note, breaking Clarke in the first game of the match. He saved two break points in the other games on his way to sealing the first set.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The starting of the second game was no different as the 29-year-old Indian again broke his 20-year-old opponent in the first game. Clarke managed to save two break points but could not prevent Prajnesh from sealing the set and match in his favour.</p>.<p class="bodytext">This is Prajnesh's second straight Masters main draw appearance, coming a week after reaching the third round at Indian Wells.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Indian will meet Jaume Munar of Spain in the first round main draw on Friday.</p>