India suffered a shock defeat in the first round of the men's team event in tennis when the champion pair of Mahesh Bhupathi [Images] and Leander Paes [Images] went down meekly to Chinese Taipei's Yeu Tzuoo Wang and Yen Hsun Lu in the doubles at the Asian Games in Doha on Monday.

The Chinese beat Paes-Bhupathi 6-2, 6-3 in 76 minutes to hand India a 2-1 defeat at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex.

India's top-ranked player Rohan Bopanna had earlier drawn India level with a 4-6, 7-6, 6-4 victory over Lu. After losing the first set in 34 minutes, Bopanna forced the second in the tie-break to eventually win it.

Wang outclassed Karan Rastogi [Images] 6-1, 6-3 in the opening singles.

Hosts Qatar, Thailand, Uzbekistan, Japan [Images], Bahrain, Korea and the Philippines advanced to the men's team quarter-finals along with the Chinese Taipei.