NEW DELHI: India's Sumit Nagal exited Wimbledon on Wednesday after losing in straight sets in the first round of the men's doubles event with his Serbian partner Dusan Lajovic.
The duo was defeated 2-6, 2-6 by the Spanish pair Jaume Munar and Pedro Martinez in a match that lasted one hour and seven minutes.
Nagal, India's top-ranked player, had previously been defeated in the opening round of the men's singles event on Monday.
He lost to Serbia's Miomir Kecmanovic 2-6, 6-3, 3-6, 4-6 in a match that spanned 2 hours and 48 minutes.
Nagal, a former boys doubles Wimbledon champion, put up a brave fight before going down in the opening round.
Later in the day, India's Rohan Bopanna and Australian Matthew Ebden, who are seeded second, will face off against the Dutch combination of Sander Arends and Robin Haase.
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