<p class="title">India's Prajnesh Gunneswaran knocked out third seed Thomas Fabbiano of Italy to seal his place in the semifinals of the Liuzhou Challenger in China on Friday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The win enabled Prajnesh to exact sweet revenge over Fabbiano, who had defeated the Indian in the final of the Ningbo Challenger last week.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Prajnesh came from behind to beat the Italian 6-7(5), 6-1, 6-3 in the battle of baseline, having lost to him the title clash last week.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Prajnesh struck the ball hard, retrieving almost everything thrown at him and found some delectable winners on both flanks.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Asked how he managed to beat Fabbiano this time around, Prajnesh said the conditions suited him better.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The courts were a bit slower and it suits my game more. I played well. It was not the best in the first set. I had my chances but did not play well when I was close to getting the break of serves," Prajnesh told PTI.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"In the second set I really played well. I got an early break and played well to finish the set. The third set was very close, could have gone either way. I saved a breakpoint at 3-3. I broke at 4-3 and served very well in the last game of the match," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Prajnesh finished the two-hour eight-minute battle with an ace, serving at love.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In the doubles, fourth seeds N Sriram Balaji and Saketh Myneni lost 7-5, 0-6, 5-10 in the semifinal to second seeds Mao-Xin Gong and Ze Zhang.</p>
<p class="title">India's Prajnesh Gunneswaran knocked out third seed Thomas Fabbiano of Italy to seal his place in the semifinals of the Liuzhou Challenger in China on Friday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The win enabled Prajnesh to exact sweet revenge over Fabbiano, who had defeated the Indian in the final of the Ningbo Challenger last week.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Prajnesh came from behind to beat the Italian 6-7(5), 6-1, 6-3 in the battle of baseline, having lost to him the title clash last week.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Prajnesh struck the ball hard, retrieving almost everything thrown at him and found some delectable winners on both flanks.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Asked how he managed to beat Fabbiano this time around, Prajnesh said the conditions suited him better.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The courts were a bit slower and it suits my game more. I played well. It was not the best in the first set. I had my chances but did not play well when I was close to getting the break of serves," Prajnesh told PTI.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"In the second set I really played well. I got an early break and played well to finish the set. The third set was very close, could have gone either way. I saved a breakpoint at 3-3. I broke at 4-3 and served very well in the last game of the match," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Prajnesh finished the two-hour eight-minute battle with an ace, serving at love.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In the doubles, fourth seeds N Sriram Balaji and Saketh Myneni lost 7-5, 0-6, 5-10 in the semifinal to second seeds Mao-Xin Gong and Ze Zhang.</p>