Bryan brothers knocked out

Indian Rohan Bopanna along with his Romanian partner Florin Mergea took two hours and 34 minutes to knock out the legendary Bryan brothers. The number one seeds went down 7-5, 4-6, 6-7(9), 6-7(5).

It was a close affair in the early parts and the American brothers broke late to capture the first set 7-5.

The Indo-Romanian pair broke twice in the second set to make it all square and then went on to take the third set in a thrilling tiebreaker.

After double faulting at match points and letting the match slip into another tiebreak, the pair finally came up with goods and wrapped up the match to create a huge upset.

The pair had previously triumphed at Stuttgart and looks solid to go all the way.

The team of veterans – Leander Paes and Martina Hingis- seeded seventh demolished the unseeded duo of Artem Sitak and Anastasia Rodionova 6-2, 6-2.

Some terrific reflexes at the net by Paes and some great baseline shots by Hingis powered them through to the next round.