<p>Ramkumar Ramanathan advanced to the second round of the Wimbledon Qualifiers but Prajnesh Gunneswaran, who was under-prepared due to a left-wrist injury, bowed out here on Tuesday.</p>.<p>Ramkumar beat Slovakia's 13th seed Jozef Kovalik 6-3 6-0 in exactly one hour in his first round.</p>.<p>Prajnesh, though, lost in straight sets to British wild card Arthur Fery, who is not ranked even inside top-1000.</p>.<p>The left-handed Indian, ranked 148, lost 1-6 6-7(5) to his 18-year-old rival, who is ranked as low as 1038.</p>.<p>"I had tendinitis (left-wrist) which started three weeks ago. It's fine now. But I just started playing. I only hit for two days and for less than an hour each. So just not in the best shape," Prajnesh told <em>PTI.</em></p>.<p>"If it wasn't Wimbledon. I wouldn't have played. Just didn't have enough time to get ready," he added.</p>.<p>Ankita Raina will be in action in the women's singles qualifying event, later Tuesday. </p>
<p>Ramkumar Ramanathan advanced to the second round of the Wimbledon Qualifiers but Prajnesh Gunneswaran, who was under-prepared due to a left-wrist injury, bowed out here on Tuesday.</p>.<p>Ramkumar beat Slovakia's 13th seed Jozef Kovalik 6-3 6-0 in exactly one hour in his first round.</p>.<p>Prajnesh, though, lost in straight sets to British wild card Arthur Fery, who is not ranked even inside top-1000.</p>.<p>The left-handed Indian, ranked 148, lost 1-6 6-7(5) to his 18-year-old rival, who is ranked as low as 1038.</p>.<p>"I had tendinitis (left-wrist) which started three weeks ago. It's fine now. But I just started playing. I only hit for two days and for less than an hour each. So just not in the best shape," Prajnesh told <em>PTI.</em></p>.<p>"If it wasn't Wimbledon. I wouldn't have played. Just didn't have enough time to get ready," he added.</p>.<p>Ankita Raina will be in action in the women's singles qualifying event, later Tuesday. </p>