India's campaign over at Russia Open Grand Prix

India's campaign at the Russian Open Grand Prix came to an end after Rahul Yadav Chittaboina and men's doubles pair of Arjun MR and Ramchandran Shlok suffered defeats at the semifinals, here today.
The 19-year-old Rahul, who had won the Mauritius International last year, fought hard before going 11-5 10-12 11-7 6-11 8-11 to second seed Russian Vladimir Malkov in a 49 -minute men's singles match.
Fourth seeds Arjun and Ramchandran also couldn't cross the semifinal stage as they lost 3-11 2-11 4-11 to top seeds Vladimir Ivanov and Ivan Sozonov, who had won the 2016 All England Super Series Premier.