Indian Davis Cupper Rohan Bopanna [ Images ] made an early exit from the euro 42,500 ATP Challenger series tournament, for the Surbiton Trophy, in Great Britain, losing his singles second round tie to higher-ranked Arnaud Clement [ Images ] of France [ Images ].

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Bopanna, placed 225 rungs below his French opponent in the ATP charts at 310th, lost 2-6, 5-7 and crashed out of the tournament, on Thursday.

Bopanna's campaign in the doubles event ended without playing a match when he and his Pakistani partner Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi [ Images ] withdrew in the first round.

The Indo-Pak pair was given top billing and up against wild card entrants Neil Bamford and Goodall Joshua of Great Britain.