Tara Iyer was outplayed in straight sets by top seed Russian Iroda Tulyaganova as the Indian went down 2-6, 2-6 in the final of the Asian Tennis Championships in Tashkent on Saturday.
Despite upstaging some higher seeded rivals in the run-up to the final, Tara proved no match for Iroda, who swept aside the Indian's challenge without much trouble.
There was further disappointment for India as Ashutosh Singh and Vivek Shokeen lost in the men's doubles final.
Seeded second in the event, Ashutosh and Vivek crashed to a 2-6, 6-7 (4) defeat against top seeds Murad Inoyatov and Alexey Kedriouk.
