Bopanna-Qureshi out of Barcelona Open

Indian challenge ended at the Barcelona Open with the defeat of Rohan Bopanna and his Pakistani partner Aisam-ul-haq Qureshi in the quarterfinals, here today.

The unseeded Indo-Pak pair put up a stiff resistance before losing 7-6(7) 5-7 7-10 against the top seeds Nenad Zimonjic and Daniel Nestor.

Earlier, Somdev Devvarman had also lost in the doubles quarterfinals with Croatian partner Ante Pavic.

Somdev had also made a first-round exit in the singles event, his fifth straight opening-round loss in singles.