Indo-Polish pair of Rohan Bopanna and Marcin Matkowski went down 6-4, 3-6, 3-10 to the Dutch-Romanian team of Jean-Julien Rojer, Horia Tecau in the men's doubles final of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championship on Saturday.
Press Trust of India
The sixth seeds and defending champions Rohan Bopanna and Florin Mergea lost the closely fought final 4-6, 6-7 (5) to the third seeded Dutch-Romanian combination of Jean-Julien Roger and Horia Tecau in one hour and 11 minutes.
Press Trust of India
The fourth-seeded Indo-Czech pair defeated the fifth-seeded team of Pakistan's Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi and Dutchman Jean-Julien Rojer 6-1 6-7 (3) 6-4 in a match which lasted more than two and a half hours.
Press Trust of India
Divij Sharan and Yen-Hsun Lu beat experienced Israeli pair of Andy Ram and Jonathan Erlich before going down to fifth seeds Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi and Jean-Julien Rojer following a tremendous fight in the third round, last night.
Press Trust of India
Bopanna was playing his second match of the day, after having lost the men's doubles semifinals to top seeds Mike Bryan and Bob Bryan.
Press Trust of India
It was eighth ATP doubles title for Bopanna, who has been ignored for India's Davis Cup tie against Indonesia.
Agence France-Presse
Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka slumped to a 6-4, 6-2, 5-7, 6-3 defeat to Robin Haase and Jean-Julien Rojer on Saturday as the Netherlands stayed alive in their Davis Cup World Cup play-off with Switzerland.
