Kitzbuehel: Mahesh Bhupathi and his new partner Chris Haggard of South Africa failed in their first outing together as they lost to a wildcard duo in doubles opening round of the $ 925,000 ATP Kitzbuhel Open in Austria on Wednesday.

Bhupathi-Haggard went down to Phillip Kohlschreiber of Germany and Stefan Koubek of Austria 4-6, 6-3, 5-10.

Meamwhile, top seeds Nikolay Davydenko and Tommy Robredo suffered early exits.