New Delhi:  Indian challenge in the USD 50,000 Knoxville Challenger ended in both singles and doubles following the defeats of Somdev Devvarman and Ashutosh Singh-Harsh Mankad pair.

Somdev, who was up against American top-seed Vincent Spadea, conceded his first round match after losing the fiercely fought first set 6-7 (7).

The unseeded duo of Ashutosh-Harsh lost their quarter-final match 3-6,3-6 to top-seeded American pair of Rajeev Ram and Bobby Reynolds.

Earlier, Prakash Amritraj had already crashed out of the event after losing his first round matches in singles and doubles event. He had paired with Stephen for the doubles competition.
Source : PTI