Top seeds Mahesh Bhupathi [ Images ] and Australian Paul Hanley [ Images ] were shocked by Americans Andy Roddick [ Images ] and Mardy Fish [ Images ] in the first round of the men's doubles at the US $525,000 Indianapolis Tennis Championships on Monday.
Bhupathi and his new doubles partner, Hanley, lost 7-6(2), 4-6, 8-10 after starting well in the opener.
Meanwhile, Karan Rastogi [ Images ] also bowed out in the first round of the singles event at the US $50,000 ATP Challenger Series tournament in Lexingotn, USA.
Seeded seventh, Rastogi surrendered 1-6, 4-6 to against American Breandon Evans at the hard court event.
Now the 21-year-old will be hoping for success in the doubles event where he has paired with Romania's Florin Mergea [ Images ]. They are up against the Slovakian duo of Kami Capkovic and Martir Klizan in the first round.
Photograph: Ronald Martinez/Getty Images
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