From correspondents in Europe, 12:02 AM IST

The Indian challenge in the semifinals of the $50,000 Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Challenger is over.

Indian pair Somdev Devvarman and Purav Raja went down 2-6, 3-6 to South Africans Raven Klaasen and Izak van der Merwe.

India's Harsh Mankad and Treat Conrad Huey, seeded second, lost 3-6, 6-7 (3) to Germany's Martin Emmrich and Swede Andreas Siljestrom here Friday.

Somdev and Prakash Amritraj had already bowed out from the singles competition.

(Staff Writer, © IANS)