The Indo-Australian pair of Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden bowed out of the ATP Italian Open following a pre-quarterfinal loss to local hopes Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori in Rome. (More Tennis News)
The second seeds went down 2-6 4-6 in a matc🏅h that lasted one hour and 13 minutes 💙on Tuesday.
Thﷺey had defeated wildcards Matteo Arnaldi and Francesco Passaro in their opꦅening round clash.
It was a disappointing day for Bopanna💟 and Ebden, who were broken twice in the first set. Their opponents, h✅owever, did not concede a single break point in the opener.
The Indo-Australian combination also ▨double-faulted twice to concede thඣe early initiative.
In the second set too, Bopanna and Ebden continued to be on the backfoot and were broken th𝕴rice. They did manage to break their rivals Bolelli and Vaไvassori twice but were out of depth overall.
The defeat 🍌continues a poor recent run that included a first-round exit from the Madrid Masters earlier this month.
Bopanna and Ebden have nonetheless enjoyed a good run on the circuit, winning the Australian Open men's doubles title this year.
Last year, they won the Indian Wells Masters which made the 43-year-old Indian the oldest ever ATP Masters 1000 champion.
The duoꦅ made the men's doubles semi-finals at Wimbledon and the final of ൲the US Open in the same season.
Bopanna a💧lso became the oldest world number one in doubles, thank🎃s to the Australian Open triumph In January.
