California: Qureshi-Bopanna suffer defeat in semi-finals

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California: Qureshi-Bopanna suffer defeat in semi-finals

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Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi suffered defeat at the hands of Xavier Malisse and Alexander Dolgopolov in semi-finals to bow out of the BNP Paribas tournament.

18 March,2011 02:27 pm

There was not much difference between the two sides but the Ukrainian-Belgian pair managed to win 6-3-6 (8-10). The 15th ranked Indo-Pak duo, who had a successful tournament, beating World No 2 duo of Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi in the second round before getting the better of the Serbian pair of Novak Djokovic and Viktor Troicki in the quarterfinals, failed to live up to their reputation at the crucial juncture of the match on Thursday.