<p>Vishnu Vardhan fought hard but could not make the most of the lucky opportunity he got to compete in the men's singles as he suffered a straight sets defeat to world number 77 Blaz Kavcic in the tennis competition at the London Olympics, here today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Vardhan, ranked 304, lost 3-6 2-6 to his Slovakian rival in one hour and 12 minutes at the Wimbledon grass courts.<br /><br />It was the third meeting between the two players and the Slovakian extended his lead to 3-0.<br /><br />It was a straight set defeat but Vardhan did push his rival and made him his earn points.<br />With this defeat, Indian challenge has ended in the men's singles as Somdev Devvarman had already bowed out after losing to Jarkko Nieminen of Finland.<br /><br />Vardhan had entered the men's singles draw when Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber withdrew due to a right hamstring injury.<br /><br />Vardhan is slated to play men's doubles with Leander Paes later in the day.</p>
<p>Vishnu Vardhan fought hard but could not make the most of the lucky opportunity he got to compete in the men's singles as he suffered a straight sets defeat to world number 77 Blaz Kavcic in the tennis competition at the London Olympics, here today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Vardhan, ranked 304, lost 3-6 2-6 to his Slovakian rival in one hour and 12 minutes at the Wimbledon grass courts.<br /><br />It was the third meeting between the two players and the Slovakian extended his lead to 3-0.<br /><br />It was a straight set defeat but Vardhan did push his rival and made him his earn points.<br />With this defeat, Indian challenge has ended in the men's singles as Somdev Devvarman had already bowed out after losing to Jarkko Nieminen of Finland.<br /><br />Vardhan had entered the men's singles draw when Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber withdrew due to a right hamstring injury.<br /><br />Vardhan is slated to play men's doubles with Leander Paes later in the day.</p>