London: The Indian pair of Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna crashed out of the men's doubles event at the London Olympics, losing in straight sets to French pair of Julien Benneteau and Richard Gasquet, here on Tuesday.
The final result was 6-3, 6-4 in favour of the Frenchmen as they closed out the match in only 77 minutes. It was a tough match for the Bhupathi-Bopanna pair after its grueling three-setter against Belarusian pair of Max Mirnyi and Alexander Bury.
Bhupathi and Bopanna, who were at loggerheads with the AITA and arm-twisted the parent body into sending them as a pair, were no match for Gasquet and Benneteau -- both of whom are singles specialists.
The French pair broke the Indian pair's serve on three occasions -- once in the first set and twice in the second set. Bopanna, known for his booming serves, was broken twice in the second set despite the Indian pair leading 3-0.
It was a match gifted on the platter to the French pair after they had a convincing lead, as Bopanna lost his serve in the fourth and ninth game of the second set respectively.
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Mahesh Shrinivas Bhupathi is a professional tennis player. He is married to Shvetha Jaishankar Bhupathi, an Indian model whom he met at a party.
He turned professional in 1995, and in 2001, he was awarded the Padma Shri. He is among the best ...
Rohan Bopanna is an Indian professional tennis player. His singles career high ranking was 213th in 2007. Recently, most of his appearances in professional tournaments has been in doubles matches. He is a member of the Indian Davis Cup team si ...
Richard Gasquet (pronounced [ree-SHAR gas-KAY])(born 18 June, 1986) is a French tennis player. He reached a career high of World Number 7 in July, 2007 after making it to the semi-finals of Wimbledon 2007. Later that year, Gasquet qualified fo ...
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