Bopanna-Qureshi bow out of Tunisia Challenger

TUNIS - The top seeded pair of India’s Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi of Pakistan went down fighting here to Frederico Gil of Portugal and Marcelo Melo of Brazil in the doubles quarterfinals of the $125,000 Challenger tennis.

Bopanna and Qureshi lost 5-7, 6-3, 9-11 here Wednesday.

The India-Pakistan pair had received a walkover in the first round from experienced Frenchmen Thierry Ascione and Arnaud Clement.