The Indian challenge at the French Open [ Images ] Grand Slam tennis ended with Leander Paes [ Images ] and his Russian partner Maria Kirilenko faltering at the quarterfinal hurdle of the mixed doubles event in Paris on Wednesday.

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The Indo-Russian pair went down in straight sets 3-6, 3-6 to sixth seeds Martina Navratilova and Bob Bryan of USA at the Chatrier court.

Earlier, Mahesh Bhupathi [ Images ], who teamed up with Swiss Martina Hingis [ Images ], and Sania Mirza [ Images ], who combined with Paul Hanley [ Images ] of Australia [ Images ], had bowed out of contention.

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