An off-colour Karan Rastogi was whipped 0-6 1-6, while Harsh Mankad also went down in straight sets as Indians drew a blank on the opening day of the $ 50,000 SAIL Open Challenger.
Fifth seed Russian Michail Elgin clinched his maiden ATP Challenger title, beating unseeded Czech Tomas Cakl in a thrilling summit clash of the $ 50,000 SAIL Open in New Delhi on Saturday.
The Indian ace was beaten in straight sets by the Czech Republic's Tomas Cakl in the penultimate round at the SAIL Open ATP Challenger.
The two former world number ones and French Open champions traded blows and counter-punches for two hours 48 minutes.
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