Leander Paes and Ninad Zimonjic faltered against their lower ranked opponents in the semifinals of the 2.1-million-euro ATP Tennis Masters in Hamburg, Germany.

The sixth seed Indo-Serbian duo lost to Michael Llodra and Fabrice Santoro of France, seeded eighth, 6-3, 6-2 in the last four stage.

Paes-Zimonjic had defeated third seeds Bob and Mike Bryan in the quarterfinals.

Mahesh Bhupathi and Todd Woodbridge had crashed out in the third round of the clay court event, which is a tune up to the French Open Grand Slam starting on May 23.