The Indian team under non-playing captain Rohit Rajpal has gone by the rankings while choosing the singles players
Ranked 221, left-handed Prajnesh beat 119th ranked Galan 6-4 6-4 in one hour and 13 minutes in the first round at court number six of the Melbourne Park.
Prajnesh Gunneswaran lost to Otto Virtanen in the Davis Cup to leave India trailing 0-1 in the World Group I tie against Finland.
India's singles challenge in US Open qualifiers came to an end with Prajnesh Gunneswaran's defeat in the second round.
Unsure of their participation at the Tokyo Olympics, India's tennis players are "confused" about the criteria that has been adopted for finalising entries.
Ankita Raina and Prajnesh Gunneswaran have been nominated for the prestigious Arjuna Award, while they had also sent the names of Balram Singh and Enrico Piperno for the Dhyanchand honour.
Indian tennis players, forced out of Pro Tour due to the health crisis triggered by COVID-19, are utilising their time to work on career beyond tennis.
Leander Paes has been included in the Indian Davis Cup team that will travel to Zagreb to face Croatia in their World Group Qualifiers.
Prajnesh Gunneswaran lost a golden opportunity to face Novak Djokovic in the second round after suffering straight sets defeat to Japan's Tatsuma Ito.
Australian Open: Prajnesh Gunnewaran had lost in the final qualifying round but was fortunate to make the main draw as one of the direct entrants withdrew from the tournament.