Paes-Stepanek ousted from Rogers Cup

09 August,2013 01:19 PM IST |   |  PTI

Fourth seeds Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek suffered a second-round defeat at the hands of Andy Murray and Colin Fleming as Indian challenge ended at the Rogers Cup, here


The Indo-Czech team squandered five break chances as they lost 3-6 3-6 to the British pair in the second round of the USD 2,887,085 hard court event.


Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek. Pic/ AFP

Rohan Bopanna and Andre Begemann have already exited while Sania Mirza and her new Chinese partner Jie Zheng also lost in the second round of the WTA event at the same tournament. Paes and Stepanek had two chances in the first set and three in the second but could convert none.

On the other hand, Murray and Fleming capitalised on the chances they got.

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