Vishnu Vardhan News
The Indian, ranked 125, converted only one of the three breakpoints while Ofner, placed 20 places below Ramkumar, broke his rival four times at the Euro 12700 event.
India thus set up a second round meeting with Uzbekistan, scheduled for April 7-9.
The defeat for Paes and his partner meant that the 43-year-old Indian stalwart could not overtake Italian Nicola Pietrangeli for most wins in doubles in Davis Cup history.
The 42-year-old tennis ace said that he is hopeful that he will get a chance to pair up with Sania Mirza at Rio Olympics 2016.
Four years back in London Olympics, Paes had to partner Vishnu Vardhan and they lost in the second round.
In a format where the winner is decided on the total points won in 5-set match, Hyderabad beat Chennai 25-19.
N Sriram Balaji becomes the new national tennis champion and earn a wild card for the 2016 Delhi Open after Vishnu Vardhan in the final of the Fenesta Open.
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