Madrid: Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi lost in the doubles final of the ATP tennis Masters Series to the top seed pair of Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor 3-6, 5-7, 0-6 here Sunday.
Bopanna hopes dashed
Rohan Bopanna messed up his chance to earn a wildcard for the season-opening Australian Open going down to third seed Goichi Motomura 4-6, 3-6 in the final of the Asian Tennis Championship in Tashkent Sunday.