London: India suffered a major blow as the seventh seeded pair of Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna lost their second round match against Richard Gasquet and Julien Benneteau of France 3-6, 4-6 in straight sets.
Bhupathi-Bopanna was involved in a massive controversy as both ofthem rejected to pair with India’s number one player, Leander Paes. Both players insisted on playing together and got their way after weeks of drama.
The Indian pair looked out of sorts as they lost the opening set in 39minutes. They did come back strongly in the second set winning the first three games. But gave away the lead when there serve was broken in the fourth game.
The Indian duo committed as many as 37 unforced errors and that in the end proved fatal.
Indian Sports News Network
