Third seeds Leander Paes [ Images ] and Mahesh Bhupathi [ Images ] crashed out of the Rome Masters after being outplayed in the super tie-breaker by Americas Sam Querrey and John Isner in the second round.

The ace Indian pair was beaten 3-6, 6-3, 5-10 by their unseeded opponents in 72 minutes.

Paes-Bhupathi had a bye in the first round.

Querrey and Isner are in good form and defeated Rohan Bopanna [ Images ] and Aisam-ul-haq Qureshi [ Images ] in the Madrid Open.