Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi suffered a rare defeat together as they made a shock first-round exit from Thailand Open, the only ATP tournament they played together ahead of the Commonwealth Games.

The top seeds, who came to this tournament after a record 24th consecutive win in the Davis Cup, lost 6-7(5) 7-6(5) 4-10 to unseeded Germany's Daniel Brands and Croatia's Ivan Dodig in the first round of the USD 551,000 hard court event.