Bopanna-Cuevas pair falters at last hurdle

Rohan Bopanna's hope to pocket back-to-back ATP Challenger doubles title is crushed as his partner Pablo Cuevas and he lose the final match of the Siemens Open.

Rohan Bopanna's hope to pocket back-to-back ATP Challenger doubles title was crushed as his partner Pablo Cuevas and he faltered in the final match of the Siemens Open tennis tournament in Scheveningen, Holland.

The second seeded Indo-Uruguayan pair put up a stiff resistance before losing 6-7 (6), 5-7 against unseeded local favourites Raemon Sluiter and Peter Wessels, on Sunday.

Earlier, Bopanna, who had won both the singles and doubles title at the Irish Open in Dublin last week, made first round exit in the singles competition.