Rohan Bopanna and his partner Pablo Cuevas have been knocked out of the Madrid Open, their second consecutive first-round exit on the ATP World Tour, reported PTI on Thursday.
Bopanna and Cuevas lost their opening match of the elite clay court event 3-6, 2-6 to Fabrice Martin and Daniel Nestor.
They had also made a first round exit at the Barcelona Open, where they had lost to Henri Kontinen and John Peers.
In the 54-minute match, Bopanna and Cuevas lost their serve four times and managed to break their rivals one time.
With Bopanna’s tame defeat, India’s challenge has ended at the € 6,408,230 clay tournament.
This season Bopanna has won two tournaments - Chennai Open and Monte Carlo Masters - and ended runner-up at the Dubai championships.
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