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Bopanna-Ram out of Indian Wells Masters

March 09, 2013 16:42 IST
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Rohan Bopanna [ Images ] and Rajeev Ram's campaign at the ATP Indian Wells Masters ended in the first round itself after a straight sets defeat against Lukas Kubot of Poland and Janko Tipsarevic [ Images ] of Serbia.

The Indo-American pair put up a spirited fight before losing 4-6, 6-7 (4) in the opening round of the $ 5,030,408 hard court event.

Rohan BopannaIndia's [ Images ] Mahesh Bhupathi [ Images ] and his Canadian partner Daniel Nestor [ Images ], seeded third, have been pitted against Feliciano Lopez [ Images ] of Spain and Milos Raonic of Canada [ Images ] for their first round clash.

Leander Paes [ Images ] and his Austrian partner Jurgen Melzer [ Images ], seeded seventh, face Benoit Paire of Frace and Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka in their tournament-opener.

Photograph: Julian Finney/Getty Images

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