The Indian challenge ended in the US $15,000 ITF men's hardcourt tournament in Taizhou, China, with the defeat of Karan Rastogi in the quarter-finals on Friday.
The unseeded Indian lost 6-4, 2-6, 4-6 to Japanese Toshihide Matsui.
Matsui now faces his country's Davis Cup player Satoshi Iwabuchi in the semi-finals.
