<p>Bengaluru: Prajwal Dev, who was recently named in India's Davis Cup squad as a reserve, was on Thursday handed a wild card entry into the singles main draw of the Bengaluru Open, an ATP Challenger event starting February 12.</p><p>The 27-year had competed in Bengaluru Open last year also but had fallen in the first round.</p><p>However he is coming into the fresh season on the back of a decent show in 2023 in which he ended a runner-up at the ITF 15k event in Thailand and also reached the semi-finals in three other tournaments.</p>.Karnataka's Prajwal Dev added to India Davis Cup team for Pakistan tie.<p>"I would like to thank KSLTA for the wonderful opportunity to play in the main draw. I'm privileged to receive the wild card and I'm looking forward to the tournament. Hopefully, I can do well. I'm coming off a good week in Chennai and hopefully I continue with that," said Prajwal, currently ranked 611 in ATP rankings.</p><p>"Expectation is there and I'm hopeful I will live up to that," he said.</p><p>The KSLTA will soon announce more main draw wild cards for the tournament which will conclude on February 18.</p><p>"Prajwal has the potential to break into top-500 soon and we want to give him an opportunity to achieve the feat at the earliest. He's a very talented player, and support at right time is what a player needs. Our endeavour is to support local talent," said Tournament Director Sunil Yajaman.</p><p>"We're delighted to give this opportunity to Prajwal. Hopefully he'll make full use of it," Yajaman further added.</p>
<p>Bengaluru: Prajwal Dev, who was recently named in India's Davis Cup squad as a reserve, was on Thursday handed a wild card entry into the singles main draw of the Bengaluru Open, an ATP Challenger event starting February 12.</p><p>The 27-year had competed in Bengaluru Open last year also but had fallen in the first round.</p><p>However he is coming into the fresh season on the back of a decent show in 2023 in which he ended a runner-up at the ITF 15k event in Thailand and also reached the semi-finals in three other tournaments.</p>.Karnataka's Prajwal Dev added to India Davis Cup team for Pakistan tie.<p>"I would like to thank KSLTA for the wonderful opportunity to play in the main draw. I'm privileged to receive the wild card and I'm looking forward to the tournament. Hopefully, I can do well. I'm coming off a good week in Chennai and hopefully I continue with that," said Prajwal, currently ranked 611 in ATP rankings.</p><p>"Expectation is there and I'm hopeful I will live up to that," he said.</p><p>The KSLTA will soon announce more main draw wild cards for the tournament which will conclude on February 18.</p><p>"Prajwal has the potential to break into top-500 soon and we want to give him an opportunity to achieve the feat at the earliest. He's a very talented player, and support at right time is what a player needs. Our endeavour is to support local talent," said Tournament Director Sunil Yajaman.</p><p>"We're delighted to give this opportunity to Prajwal. Hopefully he'll make full use of it," Yajaman further added.</p>