Pune, Feb. 17 -- Wildcard entrant 21-year-old Karan Singh went down in the opening round of the main draw, while Ramkumar Ramanathan fell short in the final qualifying round of the Maha Open ATP Challenger 100 Men's Tennis Championship organized by Maharashtra State Lawn tennis Association (MSLTA) in association with the Department of Sports and Youth Services Govt of Maharashtra, PCMC, PMC and PMDTA at the Mhalunge Balewadi Tennis Stadium.

In the main draw matches that started today, eighth-seeded Alexis Galarneau of Canada took one hour and three minutes to give a lesson on the court to wildcard and 21-year-old Karan Singh 6-4,6-1. The Canadian ranked 170 in the world broke Singh in the very first game of both sets. Even though Singh l...