Purav Raja and Divij Sharan lost 6-4, 4-6, [10-4] to top seeds Pablo Carreno Busta and Marcel Granollers in the first round of the Kremlin Cup ATP tournament on Tuesday.
Other results: $10,000 Futures, Sharm El Sheikh: Second round: Jose Azorin & Pablo Vivero Gonzalez (Esp) bt Kunal Anand & Shahbaaz Khan 6-2, 7-6(4); Sagar Ahuja & Arpit Sharma bt Joshua Luck (RSA) & Robbie Ridout (GBr) 6-2, 6-2; Lloyd Harris (RSA) & Issam Haitham Taweel (Egy) bt Vladyslav Orlov (Ukr) & Aryan Goveas 6-3, 6-2.
$10,000 Futures, Thu Dau Mot City (Vietnam): First round: David Nguyen (USA) bt Niki Poonacha 6-3, 2-6, 6-4; Rishab Agarwal bt Francis Casey Alcantara (Phi) 7-5, 4-6, 6-3. Doubles first round: Rishab Agarwal & Niki Poonacha bt Hung Minh Huynh (Vie) & Gary Kushnirovich (USA) 7-5, 6-4.
$25,000 ITF women, Lagos: First round: Julita Saner (Swe) bt Riya Bhatia 6-1, 2-0 retired; Fatma Al Nabhani (Oma) bt Prarthana Thombare 6-4, 6-3. Doubles first round: Valentini Grammatikopoulou (Gre) & Prarthana Thombare bt Nira Kolar (Slo) & Ushna Suhail (Pak) 6-3, 7-5; Kyra Shroff & Dhruthi Venugopal bt Fatma Al Nabhani (Oma) & Valeriya Strakhova (Ukr) 6-3, 3-6, [10-7].
