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Kolkata, Sep 20: India's Shikha Uberoi paid the price for an erratic display to bow out of the USD 175,000 WTA Sunfeast Open with a straight set defeat over Czech girl Hana Sromova in the opening round here on Tuesday.

The 23-year-old Shikha lost 4-6 3-6 in the 77-minute duel as Sromova set up a second round clash with Russian Alla Kudryavtseva, who showed the door to compatriot and eighth seed Anastassia Rodionova earlier in the day.

The other upset was the defeat of the third seeded Ukrainian Yuliana Fedak who was stunned 4-6 2-6 by Italian Alberta Brianti in the day's first match on the centre court.

World number 193 Shikha hit some brilliant winners but undid the good work by conceding too many negative points.

In the opening set, the first nine games went with serve. However, Shikha, down on a break point, committed a double fault to surrender the game and set to Sromova, who played a steady game.

In the second set, Sromova demolished Shikha's serve in the fourth game to pocket the set and the match.

The clash between the two Russian girls saw Kudryavtseva winning 1-6, 6-3 6-3 in a three setter on court number one.

In the first set, Rodionova broke Kudryavtseva in the first, fifth and seventh games, to take the lead.

Kudryavtseva, however, staged a strong comeback in the second set as she demolished Rodionova in the first game. However, the higher ranked player drew level by breaking Kudryavtseva in the fourth game.