Promising Indian youngster Karan Rastogi and Yi Chu-Huan of Chinese Taipei lost the doubles final to Australian Open champions and world No. 1 pair Brenden Evans and Scott Oudsema of the United States 2-6, 4-6, in a junior Grade-A tournament, at the Milano Tennis Club, Italy.
Earlier, Rastogi and Yi played a marathon semi-final to beat Mikhail Zverev (Germany) and Sergei Bubka (Ukraine) in a four-hour thriller 6-7 (8), 7-6 (2), 13-11.
In the singles, Rastogi lost in the third round to Argentinian Juan-Martin Del Potro 6-4, 6-1.
Del Potro progressed to the final, where he lost to Sebastian Rieschick of Germany 2-6, 5-7.
The ITF team, in which Rastogi is the only Indian, plays the last warm-up tournament in Belgium before the French Open.
Rastogi's route to the Doubles final:
1st round: beat Van Der Duim (Ned) / Van Keulen Coen (Ned) 6-3, 6-3
2nd round: bt Stefan Kilchhofer (Switzerland) / Denis Molcianov (Moldova) 7-5, 6-3
Quarter-finals: bt David Navarrete (Venezuela) / Daniel Vallverdu (Venezuela) 6-1, 6-4
Semi-finals: bt Sergei Bubka (Ukr) / Mikhail Zverev (Germany) 6-7 (8), 7-6 (2), 13-11.
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