India’s primary Sumit Nagal produced a feeble effort to go down in opposition to Luciano Darderi of Italy in a lop-sided last of the Perugia Challenger on Sunday.

The 26-year-old Nagal, who’s now ranked a career-high 77 on the earth, was no match for his world No. 41 Italian opponent, dropping 1-6 2-6 in little over one hour within the summit conflict as he failed to say his third title this yr.

Nagal had superior to the ultimate of the match with a combating 7-6 (7-2) 1-6 6-2 win over former world No. 37 Bernabe Zapata Miralles of Spain.

The Indian had gained the Chennai Challenger earlier this yr that started with a historic second spherical outing on the Australian Open.