The Indo-Australian pair of Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden bowed out of the ATP Italian Open following a pre-quarterfinal loss to native hopes Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori right here.
The second seeds went down 2-6 4-6 in a match that lasted one hour and 13 minutes on Tuesday.
They’d defeated wildcards Matteo Arnaldi and Francesco Passaro of their opening spherical conflict.
It was a disappointing day for Bopanna and Ebden, who had been damaged twice within the first set. Their opponents, nevertheless, didn’t concede a single break level within the opener.
The Indo-Australian mixture additionally double-faulted twice to concede the early initiative.
Within the second set too, Bopanna and Ebden continued to be on the backfoot and had been damaged thrice. They did handle to interrupt their rivals Bolelli and Vavassori twice however had been out of depth general.
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The defeat continues a poor latest run that included a first-round exit from the Madrid Masters earlier this month.
Bopanna and Ebden have nonetheless loved a superb run on the circuit, successful the Australian Open males’s doubles title this yr.
Final yr, they received the Indian Wells Masters which made the 43-year-old Indian the oldest ever ATP Masters 1000 champion.
The duo made the boys’s doubles semi-finals at Wimbledon and the ultimate of the US Open in the identical season.
Bopanna additionally turned the oldest world primary in doubles, because of the Australian Open triumph In January.