Leander Paes and his partner Daniel Nestor bowed out of Monte Carlo masters following a close defeat against Benoit Paire and Stan Wawrinka in Monaco.
Seeded sixth, Paes and Nestor lost lost 4-6, 6-7(4) in just 67 minutes to the French-Swiss wild card pair.
Paes has been struggling since making the final of the Delray Beach as this is fourth tournament in a row where he has not moved beyond the second round.
Paes regularly plays with South African Raven Klaasen and for this tournament he paired with Nestor, who parted ways with India's Rohan Bopanna recently.
Paes and Nestor saved four breakpoints in the first set but the wildcard pair converted the fifth chance to pocket the first set.
The sixth seeds saved two breakpoints in the second set which was eventually decided by the tie-break where Paire and Wawrinka prevailed.
Image: Leader Paes
Photograph: Michael Dodge/Getty Images
