Indian Wells: Rohan Bopanna and Rajeev Ram's campaign at the ATP Indian Wells Masters ended in the first round itself after a straight sets defeat against Lukas Kubot of Poland and Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia.
The Indo-American pair put up a spirited fight before losing 4-6 6-7 (4) in the opening round of the USD 5,030,408 hard court event.
India's Mahesh Bhupathi and his Canadian partner Daniel Nestor, seeded third, have been pitted against Feliciano Lopez of Spain and Milos Raonic of Canada for their first round clash.
The Indo-American pair put up a spirited fight before losing 4-6 6-7 (4) against Lukas Kubot of Poland and Janko Tipsarevic.
Leander Paes and his Austrian partner Jurgen Melzer, seeded seventh, face Benoit Paire of Frace and Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka in their tournament-opener.
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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 ...
Janko Tipsarević (Serbian: Јанко Типсаревић; born on 22 June 1984 in Belgrade) is a Serbian tennis player. His career high is #33, achieved on 12 May 2008. In his career, he has won two Futures and nine tournaments from ATP Ch ...
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