Opponent Gregory Carraz had 11 double faults in the match, seven in the first set, and held a disobedient racquet which did little right in the first set. But the second and then the third set left the Floridian hot under his collar and he went the same way as in the Ahmedabad Challenger last week.

Cadwell lost 6-1, 3-6, 2-6 in an hour and 29 minutes, to make an opening day exit for the second successive time in two weeks. That left his plans for match practice, ahead of next month's Australian Open, in disarray.

Andrei Merinov of Russia made merry at the expense of wild card Vijay Kannan, the only Indian to make an entrance today. Merinov won 6-4, 6-1 in a little over an hour under lights.

Part-time soldier Naom Okun (Israel) carried far too much ammunition to annihilate seventh-seeded country-mate Oren Motevassel 6-3, 6-1 in88 minutes.

With three-year military service compulsory in Israel, the 20-year-old's practice schedule is severely tested. He does five hours at the camp, then goes for tennis practice and has completed 21 months of the ``madness''. This, he said, was detrimental to his game which Caldwell may not agree with.

With breaks in the first and ninth games of the first set, and fourth, sixth of the second, the bespectacled Okun set up a meeting with Merinov.

Barry Cowan, who made it to the final last year after getting in as a lucky loser, did not enjoy such good fortune this time. He struggled and flowed alternatively right through before finally bowing out to Radovan Svetlik (Czech) 6-7 (4-7), 6-1, 6-4 in a little over two hours.

CARRAZ CAPER: Carraz was leading 30-0 in the second game on serve when the horror started. He blasted three double faults to lose the game and trail by a break.

Then, down 1-4, he served four double faults, and for variety, added two aces. Cadwell dropped two breakpoints, but recovered to take the game and the set.

The Frenchman recovered dramatically after that. He served more consistently, moved better, as his opponent later admitted, and ``chipped and charged'' to good effect. ``I didn't expect to play a serve-and-volleyer,'' said Cadwell, who was forced to an unexpected early exit.

Results

Men's singles (first round): Gregory Carraz (France, 254) bt David Cadwell (USA, 185) 1-6, 6-3, 6-2; Hideki Kaneko (Japan, 219) bt Mark Joachim (Germany, 272) 4-6, 6-4, 7-5; Naom Okun (Israel, 317) bt Oren Motevassel (Israel, 239) 6-3, 6-1; Kobi Ziv (Israel) bt Nir Welgreen (Israel, 295) 7-5, 6-1; Goichi Motumura (Japan, 226) bt Alexandre Strambini (Swiss) 7-5, 4-6, 6-3; Radovan Svetlik (Czech Republic, 265) bt Barry Cowan (GBR, 312) 6-7 (4-7), 6-1, 6-4; Lior Mor (Israel, 207) bt Olivier Mutis (France, 247) 6-4, 7-5; Andrei Merinov (Russia, 364) bt Vijay Kannan (India) 6-4, 6-1.Doubles (qualifying): Harsh Mankad/Mustafa Ghouse bt Vishaal Uppal/Amod Wakalkar 7-6(8-6), 7-5; Noam Behr/Eyal Ryan bt Oleg Ogorodov/S Takada 6-4, 6-3.