Paes-Bhupathi go down in final

French Open doubles champions Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi stumbled at the last hurdle in the one million dollars Swiss Indoors tennis tournament in Basel, Switzerland, on Sunday.

The duo, seeded third in the tournament, lost 6-7(3-7), 4-6 to Ellis Ferreira of South Africa and Rich Leach of United States in the final.

The Indians, returning to the ATP tour after a break, had defeated George Bastl and Ivo Heuberger of Switzerland 6-3, 6-3 in the semi-final on Saturday.

Last week, the Indians lost in the quarter-finals of the Stuttgart Masters series to Ellis Ferreira and Jeff Tarango 7-5, 6-7(4), 3-6.