Date:07/08/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/08/07/stories/2008080760522400.htm

Sport - Tennis

Prakash and Sunil lose

NEW DELHI: The Indian challenge in the ATP Challenger tennis tournament ended on Wednesday when Prakash Amritraj and Sunil Kumar Sipaeya lost their pre-quarterfinal matches at the DLTA Complex.

Prakash was eliminated 6-7(4), 6-7(3) by Japan’s Gouichi Motomura while another Japanese, Toshihide Matsui, ended Sunil’s run with a 7-6(7), 6-4 victory.

Other results (pre-quarterfinals): Danai Udomchoke bt Jose Statham 6-3, 6-4; Tomas Cakl bt Dieter Kindlmann 6-4, 7-6 (4); Alexander Slabinsky bt Pierrick Ysern 7-6(3), 6-3; Brydan Klein bt Tatsuma Ito 7-6(5), 6-2; Conor Niland bt Tasuku Iwami 6-1, 7-5. — Special Correspondent