New Delhi, June 02: The mixed doubles team of Leander Paes and Martina Navratilova has crashed out of the French Open tennis tournament. The seventh seeded duo lost a close first set in tie- breaker but surrendered meekly in the second set to go down 6-7 (5/7) 2-6 to the unseeded pair of Sweden's Jonas Bjorkman and Corina Morariu of USA in the pre-quarterfinals at Roland Garros yesterday.
The third seeded team of Mahesh Bhupathi and Russian Elena Likhovtseva will take on Liezel Huber of South Africa and Pavel Vizner of Czech Republic later today for a place in the quarter-finals, according to information received here. Bureau Report