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Paes-Hanley beaten at Pacific Life Open

March 19, 2008 15:21 IST

Leander Paes and Paul Hanley of Australia were ousted in the quarter-finals of the men's doubles at the Pacific Life Open on Tuesday.

The eighth seeded Paes and Hanley lost 2-6, 1-6 to third seeds Daniel Nestor of Canada and Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia.

Mahesh Bhupathi, another Indian in the fray at the hardcourt event, is teaming with Mark Knowles of Bahamas. The sixth seeded duo plays fourth seeds Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram of Israel in the quarter-finals.

Erlich and Ram defeated Paul-Henri Mathieu of France and Radek Stepanek of Czech Republic 6-2, 6-2 in their first round match late last night.