Sumit Nagal lost 6-4, 6-1 to Juan Pablo Ficovich of Argentina in the semifinals of the $54,160 Challenger tennis tournament here.
Sumit, who had won the Challenger last week in Buenos Aires to reach a career best rank of 35, collected 29 ATP points and $2,510.
In the Challenger in Barcelona, Ramkumar Ramanathan and Sergio Martos Gornes of Spain lost in the final to Simone Bolelli of Italy and David Vega Hernandez of Spain.
The results:
$ 54,160 Challenger, Campinas, Brazil: Semifinals: Juan Pablo Ficovich (Arg) bt Sumit Nagal 6-4, 6-1.
€46,600 Challenger, Barcelona, Spain: Final: Simone Bolelli (Ita) & David Vega Hernandez (Esp) bt Sergio Martos Gornes (Esp) & Ramkumar Ramanathan 6-4, 7-5 .
