After taming Grand Slam winner Marat Safin [ Images ], Prakash Amritraj [ Images ] was brought down to earth on Wednesday, losing in the second round at the $380,000 ATP Tour event in Los Angeles.

Playing as a wild card, Amritraj went down to Kenneth Carlsen of Denmark 4-6, 2-6.

Amritraj went through the first round on Tuesday after the former US Open [ Images ] champion conceded the match, citing a wrist injury.

A victory over Carlsen would have given Amritraj a chance to have a go at former world number one Lleyton Hewitt [ Images ].

Amritraj later also lost his doubles match.

Pitted against top seeds Rick Leach and Brian Macphie of the United States, courtesy another wild card, Prakash and cousin Stephen Amritraj made a fight of it before going down 6-7 (5/7), 4-6.

In a $25,000 Challenger event in Denver, Davis Cupper Harsh Mankad too made his exit in singles play, losing 6-2, 3-6, 3-6 to home lad John Paul Fruttero in the second round.

Mankad, however, had better outing in the doubles with Arvind Parmar of Great Britain, winning 6-2, 6-3 against  American Ryan Haith and Gonzalo Anguiano of Chile.