<p>Unable to reproduce the form that has seen him cause a stir in the recent months, the world no 73 lost 4-6, 2-6 to the sixth-seeded Spaniard in the third round clash. However, Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi brought some cheer after marching into the doubles pre-quarterfinals with a lop-sided victory over Eric Butarac and Jean-Julien Rojer. The veteran India duo defeated the American-Netherlands pair 6-2, 6-3 in just little over an hour.<br /><br />Earlier, Rohan Bopanna and his Pakistani partner Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi warded off late resistance from the German-American pair of Philipp Kohlschreiber and Rajeev Ram to book their pre-quarterfinal berth. The seventh-seeded Indo-Pakistani pair beat unseeded rivals 6-3, 7-6 (7-5).<br /><br />Bopanna and Qureshi will next face the Slovak-Belarussian pair of Michal Mertinak and Dick Norman. <br /><br />Roddick exits<br /><br />Defending champion Andy Roddick made a shock early exit in the singles battle on Saturday, suffering a second round loss to Uruguayan Pablo Cuevas 6-4, 7-6. The world number eight, struggled physically and needed medical treatment during the second set, said that he was likely suffering from a lingering bronchial infection. <br /><br />“I had a little trouble breathing out there today. I’ve had something for a little while but I’m going to have it checked out when I get home,” the American told reporters. Roddick was broken in the seventh game as 67th-ranked Cuevas took charge and although he battled on in a tight second set, he looked sluggish and bowed out in the tiebreak with consecutive forehand errors. <br /><br />The win was the first for Cuevas against a top 10 ranked player and left the tournament without another drawcard after Britain’s Andy Murray was defeated by US qualifier Alex Bogomolov on Friday. <br /><br />Number one seed Rafael Nadal had no such problems, however, and was satisfied with his 6-4, 6-4 win over Kei Nishikori of Japan. Third seed Roger Federer also advanced, enjoying a routine 6-3, 6-3 win over Czech Radek Stepanek earlier on Saturday. <br /><br />The victory took Federer alongside Pete Sampras with 762 career wins, equal seventh overall. Jimmy Connors tops the list with 1,241 wins.</p>
<p>Unable to reproduce the form that has seen him cause a stir in the recent months, the world no 73 lost 4-6, 2-6 to the sixth-seeded Spaniard in the third round clash. However, Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi brought some cheer after marching into the doubles pre-quarterfinals with a lop-sided victory over Eric Butarac and Jean-Julien Rojer. The veteran India duo defeated the American-Netherlands pair 6-2, 6-3 in just little over an hour.<br /><br />Earlier, Rohan Bopanna and his Pakistani partner Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi warded off late resistance from the German-American pair of Philipp Kohlschreiber and Rajeev Ram to book their pre-quarterfinal berth. The seventh-seeded Indo-Pakistani pair beat unseeded rivals 6-3, 7-6 (7-5).<br /><br />Bopanna and Qureshi will next face the Slovak-Belarussian pair of Michal Mertinak and Dick Norman. <br /><br />Roddick exits<br /><br />Defending champion Andy Roddick made a shock early exit in the singles battle on Saturday, suffering a second round loss to Uruguayan Pablo Cuevas 6-4, 7-6. The world number eight, struggled physically and needed medical treatment during the second set, said that he was likely suffering from a lingering bronchial infection. <br /><br />“I had a little trouble breathing out there today. I’ve had something for a little while but I’m going to have it checked out when I get home,” the American told reporters. Roddick was broken in the seventh game as 67th-ranked Cuevas took charge and although he battled on in a tight second set, he looked sluggish and bowed out in the tiebreak with consecutive forehand errors. <br /><br />The win was the first for Cuevas against a top 10 ranked player and left the tournament without another drawcard after Britain’s Andy Murray was defeated by US qualifier Alex Bogomolov on Friday. <br /><br />Number one seed Rafael Nadal had no such problems, however, and was satisfied with his 6-4, 6-4 win over Kei Nishikori of Japan. Third seed Roger Federer also advanced, enjoying a routine 6-3, 6-3 win over Czech Radek Stepanek earlier on Saturday. <br /><br />The victory took Federer alongside Pete Sampras with 762 career wins, equal seventh overall. Jimmy Connors tops the list with 1,241 wins.</p>