The Indian tennis duo of Leander Paes [ Images ] and Mahesh Bhupathi [ Images ] crashed out of the men's doubles at the China Open, losing to Croats Marin Cilic [ Images ] and Ivan Ljubicic in straight sets in the quarter-finals, in Beijing [ Images ], on Friday.

The fourth-seeded 'Indian Express', which had won the Beijing title in 1997, went down 2-6, 3-6.

-Wozniacki loes to Pennetta

Cilic and Ljubicic take on Robert Lindstedt [ Images ] of Sweden and Horia Tecau of Romania next.

Paes and Bhupathi bagged three ATP doubles titles this season.