Ramkumar Ramanathan's serve deserted him at crunch moment as he missed out on a memorable win against world number 45 Malek Jaziri and crashed out of the Tata Open Maharashtra here.
Staying solid on his service games was key to Ramkumar's fight but he served four consecutive double faults across two games to lose 7-6(6) 6-7 3-6 after battling hard for two hours and 46 minutes late Wednesday night.
India's singles challenge ended with Ramkumar's defeat.
After winning the first set, Ramkumar squandered three break points in the second set, allowing the fourth seed Tunisian to claw his way back in the match.
Despite serving much better than Jaziri, the 24-year-old from Chennai ended up on the wrong side
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