Paes-Dlouhy crash out

Leander Paes and his Czech partner Lukas Dlouhy crashed out of men’s doubles competition after losing 6-4, 6-4 at the hands of Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay and Luis Horna of Peru in the pre-quarterfinals here.

Nothing went right for the ninth seeded Indo-Czech duo and they were rusty throughout the 64-minute contest.

In the mixed doubles, Mahesh Bhupathi and Jie Zheng of China defeated Paes and Nadia Petrova of Russia 7-5, 6-4 in a 72-minute first round contest. The Indo-Chinese duo will now meet sixth seeded pair of Cara Black and Paul Hanley.

Yuki Bambri also made an early exit in the boys’s singles after suffering a 6-2, 6-1 defeat against Guillaume Rufin of France in the opening round.