Bopanna-Qureshi out of French Open

Paris: Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi`s French Open campaign was cut short in the second round following a straight-set defeat against local pair of Julien Benneteau and Michael Llodra here.

The unseeded Indo-Pak pair lost the men`s doubles clash 5-7 3-6 to the 15th seed local favourites. Bopanna and Qureshi could not earn a single break chance and dropped their serve once each in both the sets. Leander Paes is lone surviving Indian in the clay court Grand Slam as he is still in contention in both the men`s doubles and mixed doubles events. Mahesh Bhupathi has already crashed out of the men`s duobles and mixed doubles. Somdev Devvarman lost his men`s singles first round while Sania Mizra is not participating this year due to a wrist injury. PTI