India's upcoming tennis star Karman Kaur Thandi displayed glimpses of her talent, but it was not enough in the end as she suffered a first round exit in the L&T Mumbai Open tennis tournament at the Cricket Club of India, Churchgate yesterday.

Karman, 20, who was awarded a wildcard for this WTA $125K Series event, lost 2-6, 4-6 to China's World No. 47 and top seed here, Saisai Zheng. Despite a good start and a late fightback, too many unforced errors cost the 215 ranked Indian a chance to better her previous show here. Last year, Karman had lost in the opening round to the eventual runner-up, Slovenia's Dalila Jakupovic by a similar scoreline.