Indian challenge ends at Aus Open wild card play-off tourney

Unseeded Yuki lost 2-6 3-6 to his second seed opponent from Taipei in the quarterfinal contest, which lasted one hour and 10 minutes.

Yuki had beaten lucky loser Yuqing Ning in a tough first round match, yesterday.

Vishnu Vardhan had also moved to the last-eight stage yesterday but he pulled out of the event after defeat in the men's doubles quarterfinals.

Ankita Raina and national champion Prerna Bhambri had also lost their first round matches yesterday.

All the doubles teams had exited yesterday.