In the form of his life, Prajnesh Gunneswaran is confident of a stellar show on grass when India will clash with fancied Italy in the Davis Cup World Group Qualifiers, next week.
Stress fractures in his knees made him almost vanish from the circuit but the southpaw from Chennai made a remarkable turnaround, achieving a career high 104 recently.
"I'm good on grass. I beat (then world number 23) Denis Shapovalov recently. I should be able to do well here," Prajnesh told PTI here.
"I did well in four, five tournament at the end of last year. I consistently did well in four Challengers. Those were my best results. I think we will have a slight advantage. We just need to fight hard and close the gap."
"I know him for a long time, both from the same city and both in top 150."
"My target is to be in top 50 but my (Immediate) goal is to get inside 100. If I get there I will revisit my goals. I want to continue at least five to six more years. Knees are in great shape at the moment."
Asked about his revival from the career-threatening injury, he said: "I just worked hard and the knee is fine, not giving me any trouble at this moment."
"There's nothing that has changed in my technique. I've just been improving all the time. I'm working really hard. And the results are showing."
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