Kutsenko crashes in 1st round

AHMEDABAD, DEC 21: Defending champion Vadim Kutsenko of Uzbekistan and eighth seed Kaneko Hideki of Japan crashed out in the first round of the first leg of the Bharat Petroleum ATP Tour Challenger tennis tournament at the Ageta courts here today.

Kutsenko crashed to Tomashevic of the Czech Republic 2-6 6-1 7-5 while Hideki lost 2-6 5-7 to unseeded Okun Noam of Israel.

Kutsenko seeded 21st here, is ranked 335 on the ATP list. In the other singles matches, Radovan Svetlik of Czech Republic staged a fine rally to sweep past Gregory Carraz of France.

In the doubles, the Indian pair of Syed Fazaluddin and Vikrant Chadda flattered to deceive as they won the first game 7-6 but caved in the next two sets to Japanese pair of Kaneko and Takada 0-6 1-6.