<p>Prakash and his American Brendan Evans had to dig deep to beat Mikhail Kukushkin of Kazakhstan and Alessandro Motti of Italy as they carved out a hard fought 6-4 4-6 10-5 in the opening round of the euro 425,000 event.<br />Mankad and his Jamaican partner Dustin Brown also fought hard after a first-set lapse but eventually lost 1-6 7-6(4) 7-10 to second seeded British pair of Jonathan Marray and Jamie Murray.<br />Amritraj and Evans have a tough next round as they are up against third seeds Daniele Bracciali of Italy and Jonathan Erlich of Israel.<br />Amritraj had exited from the singles competition after losing to local wild card Marco Crugnola in the first round.</p>
<p>Prakash and his American Brendan Evans had to dig deep to beat Mikhail Kukushkin of Kazakhstan and Alessandro Motti of Italy as they carved out a hard fought 6-4 4-6 10-5 in the opening round of the euro 425,000 event.<br />Mankad and his Jamaican partner Dustin Brown also fought hard after a first-set lapse but eventually lost 1-6 7-6(4) 7-10 to second seeded British pair of Jonathan Marray and Jamie Murray.<br />Amritraj and Evans have a tough next round as they are up against third seeds Daniele Bracciali of Italy and Jonathan Erlich of Israel.<br />Amritraj had exited from the singles competition after losing to local wild card Marco Crugnola in the first round.</p>