Poor show by Indians

NEW DELHI, AUG. 1. The Indian boys put up a below-par fare in the ITF Futures tournament at the Fairview Park Tennis Complex in Decatur, Illinois.

Harsh Mankad lost to the eighth-seeded Marq Foster of the U.S. 2- 6, 4-6 in the first round. Manoj Mahadevan, who had also gained a direct entry in the main draw went down to the fourth-seeded Chris Magyary of the U.S. 4-6, 3-6 in the first round.

While Harsh did not play the doubles, Manoj in partnership with Rishi Sridhar lost to wildcard entrants Michael Calkins and Amer Delic also of the U.S. 4-6, 3-6 in the first round.

In the singles qualifying event, Rishi Sridhar lost to Sanjin Sadovich of Canada 2-6, 5-7 in the second round after a bye in the first.

Shriranga Sudhakar lost in the first qualifying round 2-6, 4-6 to Nicolas Boeker of Argentina. Rahul Sankhla lost 0-6, 0-6 in another first qualifying round to Beau Berglund of the U.S.

Vikrant Chadha had a bye in the first qualifying round, but had to give a walkover in the second to Hunley Montgomery of the U.S., as he could not reach the venue in time for the event following his good run in doubles in partnership with Harsh in the previous tournament in St. Joseph, Missouri.

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